ABSOLUTELY SWEET MARIE

Well, your railroad gate, you know I just can't jump it/ Sometimes it gets so hard, you see
I'm just sitting here beating on my trumpet/ With all these promises you left for me
But where are you tonight, sweet Marie ?

Well, I waited for you when I was half sick/ Yes, I waited for you when you hated me
Well, I waited for you inside of the frozen traffic/ When you knew I had some other place to be
Now where are you tonight, sweet Marie ?

Well, anybody can be just like me, obviously/ But then, now again, not too many can be like you, fortunately.



Well, six white horses that you did promise/ Were fin'ly delivered down to the penitentiary
But to live outside the law, you must be honest/ I know you always say that you agree
But where are you tonight, sweet Marie ?

Well I don't know how it happened/ But the river-boat captain he knows my fate
But ev'rybody else, even yourself/ They're just gonna have to wait.

Well, I got the fever down in my pockets/ The Persian drunkard, he follows me
Yes, I can take him to your house but I can't unlock it/ You see, you forgot to leave me with the key
Oh, where are you tonight, sweet Marie ?

Now, I been in jail when all my mail showed/ That a man can't give his address out to bad company
And now I stand here lookin' at your yellow railroad/ In the ruins of your balcony
Wond'ring where you are tonight, sweet Marie ?  ¶ 12:07 p. m.