Well, your ra ilroadgate , you know I just can't jum p 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 w aited for you when I was half sick.
Yes I w aited for you w hen you hated me.
Well, I w aited for you inside of the frozen tra ffic
When you knew I had some other p lace to be .
Now, where are you tonight , sweet Marie ?
Well, anybody can be just like me, obviosly,
But t hen, now again, not too many can be like you , fortunately.
Well, six white h orses that you d id prom ise me
Where finaly delivered down to the penitentia ry.
But to live outside the law, you mus t be hon est.
I know you always say that you agree,
But w here 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 compa ny,
And now I stand here l ookin'at your y ellow railr oad
In the ruins of your balcony,
Wond'ring where are you tonight, sweet Marie ?
Well I don't know how it happened,But the riverboat 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 pock ets,
The Persian drunk ard, he follows me.
Yes, I can t ake 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 ?