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1. Well, your railroad gate, you know I just can't jump it
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Sometimes it gets so hard, you see
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I'm just sitting here beating on my trumpet
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With all these promises you left for me
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But where are you tonight, sweet Marie?
2. Well, I waited for you when I was halfsick
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?
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R: Well, anybody can be just like me, obviously
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But then, now again, not too many
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can be like you, fortunately.
3. Well, six white horses that you did promise
Were fin'lly delivered down to the penitentiary
But to live outside the law, you must be honest
I know you always say that yu agree
But where are you tonight, sweet Marie?
B
R: Well, I don't know how it happened
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But the river-boat captain, he knows my fate
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But ev'rybody else, even yourself
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They're just gonna have to wait.
4. Well, I got the fever downin 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?
5. 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.
