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Well, your railroadgate, 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 ?
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Well, I waited for you when I was half sick.
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Yes I waited for you when you hated me.
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Well, I waited for you inside of the frozen traffic
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When you knew I had some other place to be.
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Now, where are you tonight, sweet Marie ?
C E
Well, anybody can be just like me, obviosly,
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But then, now again, not too many can be like you, fortunately.
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Well, six white horses that you did promise me
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Where finaly delivered down to the penitentiary.
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But to live outside the law, you must be honest.
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I know you always say that you agree,
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But where are you tonight, sweet Marie ?
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Now, I been in jail when all my mail showed
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That a man can't give his address out to bad company,
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And now I stand here lookin' at your yellow railroad
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In the ruins of your balcony,
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Wond'ring where are you tonight, sweet Marie ?
C E
Well I don't know how it happened,But the riverboat captain,he knows my fate
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But ev'rybody else, even yourself, they're just gonna have to wait.
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Well, I got the fever down in my pockets,
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The Persian drunkard, he follows me.
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Yes, I can take him to your house, but I can't unlock it.
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You see, you forgot to leave me with the key.
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Oh, where are you tonight, sweet Marie ?
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