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 ?