Marie

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I stood in line and left my name
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Took about six hours or so
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Well, the man just grinned like it was all a game
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Said they'd let me know
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I put in my time till the Pocono line shut down two years ago
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I was staying at the mission till I met Marie
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Now I can't stay there no more

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Fella 'cross town said he's lookin' for a man
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To move some old cars around
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Maybe me and Marie could find a burned-out
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Van and do a little settlin' down
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Aw, but I'm just dreamin', I ain't got no ride

And the junkyard's a pretty good ways
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That job's about a half week old besides
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It'd be gone now anyway

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Unemployment says I got no more checks
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And they showed me to the hall
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My brother died in Georgia some time ago
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I got no one left to call
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Summer wasn't bad below the bridge, a little short on food that's all
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Now I gotta get Marie some kind of coat
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We're headed down into fall

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I used to play the mouth harp pretty good
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Hustled up a little dough
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But I got drunk and I woke up rolled
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A couple of months ago
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They got my harp and they got my dollar, them low life so and so's
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Harps cost money and I ain't got it
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It's my own fault I suppose

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Ah the Pocono's down but the Chesapeake's runnin'
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Two freights everyday
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If it was me I'd be headed South
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But Marie can't catch no train
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She's got some pain and she thinks it's a baby, says we gotta wait and see
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In my heart I know it's a little boy
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Hope he don't end up like me

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Well, the man's still grinnin' says he lost my file
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I gotta stand in line again
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I want to kill him but I just say no
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I had enough of that line my friend
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I head back to the bridge, it's getting kinda cold

I'm feelin' too low down to lie
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I guess I'll just tell Marie the truth
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Hope she don't break down and cry

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Marie she didn't wake up this morning
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She didn't even try
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She just rolled over and went to heaven
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My little boy safe inside
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I laid them in the sun where somebody'd find them

Caught a Chesapeake on the fly
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Marie will know I'm headed South
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So's to meet me by and by
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Ah Marie will know I'm headed south so to meet me by and by