Just seventeen, everything that you've seennIt's all there in her eyesnSo many years of her poor mama's tearsnAnd her daddy's sweet liesnThere's nobody homenMary-Anne's alonenAlmost fully grown and worldly wisennJimmy's been down, he's been out and aroundnAnd he knows where it's atnLove to be good if he thought that he couldnBut it isn't like thatnHe don't make mistakesnWhat he needs he takesnJimmy gets all the breaks 'cause he knows hownnJimmy loves Mary-AnnenJimmy wants to be her mannJimmy loves Mary-Anne, she thinks it's alrightnnShe's not alone and she picks up the phonenAnd she hears Jimmy saynMother I'm beat, I'm so sick of the streetnFeel like running awaynThere's no life here at allnThe city seems so smallnThere's sweeter music calling us awaynLet it playnnJimmy loves Mary-AnnenJimmy wants to be her mannJimmy loves Mary-Anne, she thinks it's alrightnnThis big dollar town it can drag you right downnIf you go it alonenEven the strong don't survive very longnWhen they're out on their ownnJimmy knows it's truenMary-Anne knows it toonThey can see each other through if they hold onnnJimmy loves Mary-AnnenJimmy wants to be her mannJimmy loves Mary-Anne, she thinks it's alrightnnJimmy loves Mary-AnnenJimmy wants to be her mannJimmy loves Mary-Anne, she thinks it's alrightnnJimmy loves Mary-Anne