Marie
Steve Earle

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

Fella 'cross town said he's lookin' for a man
To move some old cars around
Maybe me and Marie could find a burned-out
Van and do a little settlin' down
Aw, but I'm just dreamin', I ain't got no ride
And the junkyard's a pretty good ways
That job's about a half week old besides
It'd be gone now anyway

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

I used to play the mouth harp pretty good
Hustled up a little dough
But I got drunk and I woke up rolled
A couple of months ago
They got my harp and they got my dollar

Them low life so and so's
Harps cost money and I ain't got it
It's my own fault I suppose

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

Well, the man's still grinnin' says he lost my file
I gotta stand in line again
I want to kill him but I just say no
I had enough of that line my friend
I head back to the bridge, it's getting kinda cold
I'm feelin' too low down to lie
I guess I'll just tell Marie the truth
Hope she don't break down and cry

Marie she didn't wake up this morning
She didn't even try
She just rolled over and went to heaven
My little boy safe inside
I laid them in the sun where somebody'd find them
Caught a Chesapeake on the fly
Marie will know I'm headed south
So's to meet me by and by

Marie will know I'm headed south
So to meet me by and by


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Lyrics by Steve Earle

  (Quicksilver Daydreams Of) Maria   (Quicksilver Daydreams Of) Maria   21st Century Blues   A Bible & A Gun   A Bible & a Gun   A Bible And A Gun   A Country Song   A Far Cry From You   A Little Bit In Love   A Little Bit in Love [*]   After Mardi Gras   After the Fire Is Gone   All Of My Life   Amerika v. 6.0 (The Best We Can Do)   Angel Is The Devil   Angry Young Man   Annie, Is Tonight The Night   Another Town   Are You Sure Hank Done It This Way?   Arianne   Ashes To Ashes   Baby Baby Baby Baby   Baby Let Me Follow You Down   Baby's In Black   Baby's Just as Mean as Me   Back To The Wall   Before They Make Me Run   Ben Mcculloch   Billy & Bonnie   Billy And Bonnie   Billy Austin   Blue Yodel #9   Brand New Companion   Brand New Companion   Breakdown Lane   Breed   Burnin It Down   Cadillac   Calico County   Carrie Brown   CCKMP   CCKMP (Cocaine Cannot Kill My Pain)   Christmas In Washington   City of Immigrants   Close Your Eyes   Cocaine   Colorado Girl   Colorado Girl   Come Home to Me   Comin' Around   Condi, Condi   Conspiracy Theory   Continental Trailways Blues   Copperhead Road   Copperhead Road [1989/Live in Calgary]   Copperhead Road [Acoustic Version][Live]   Country Girl   Creepy Jackalope Eye   Cry Myself To Sleep   Cry Myself to Sleep [*]   Crying, Waiting, Hoping   Dead Flowers   Dead Flowers [1989/Live in Calgary]   Delta Momma Blues   Delta Momma Blues   Devil's Right Hand   Dirty Old Town   Dixieland   Dominick St.   Don T Take It Too Bad   Don't Take Your Guns To Town   Down Here Below   Down The Road   Elijah's Church   Ellis Unit One   Esmeralda's Hollywood   Even When I'm Blue   Every Part Of Me   Everyone's In Love With You   F The CC   Fearless Heart   Fearless Heart [*]   Fearless Heart [1987/Live in Raleigh, NC]   Fearless Heart [Live in Raleigh, NC]   Feel Alright   Francine   Ft. Worth Blues   Go Amanda   God Is God   Gold   Good Ol' Boy   Good Ol' Boy (Gettin' Tough)   Good Ol' Boy (Getting Tough)   Goodbye   Goodbye's All We Got Left To Say   Goodbye's All We've Got Left   Goodbye's All We've Got Left   Goodnight Irene   Guitar Town   Guitar Town [1989/Live in Calgary]   Guitar Town [DVD]   Gulf Of Mexico   Halo 'Round The Moon   Hangmen   Hard - Core Troubadour   Hard Core Troubadour   Hard-Core Troubadour   Harlan Man   Have Mercy   Heaven or Hell   Heaven or Hell   Here I Am   High Fashion Queen   Hillbilly Highway   Home To Houston   Hometown Blues   Hopeless Romantics   Hurtin' Me, Hurtin' You   I Ain't Ever Satisfied   I Am a Wanderer   I Am a Wanderer   I Can Wait   I Don't Want To Lose You Yet   I Feel Alright   I Love You Too Much   I Remember You   I Still Carry You Around   I Thought I Was Dreaming   I Thought You Should Know   I'm Looking Through You   I'm Still In Love With You   If I Should Fall From Grace With God   If You Fall   If You Need A Fool   In The Jailhouse Now   Invisible   It Takes A Lot To Laugh, It Takes A Train To Cry   It's All Up To You   Jerusalem   John Walker's Blues   Johnny Come Lately   Johnny Come Lately [1987/Live in Raleigh, NC]   Johnny Too Bad   Justice In Ontario   Last Of The Hardcore Troubadours   Leroy's Dustbowl Blues   Little Emperor   Little Rock 'N' Roller   Little Sister   Little Sister [1989/Live in Calgary]   Lonelier Than This   Lonely Are the Free   Long, Lonesome Highway Blues   Loretta   Loretta [*][Demo Version]   Love's To Blame   Lucy Dee   Lungs   Lungs [*][Demo Version]   Me & The Eagle   Me And The Eagle   Meet Me in the Alleyway   Meet Me in the Alleyway   Mercenary Song   Molly-O   Molly-O   More Than I Can Do   Mr. Mudd and Mr. Gold   Mr. Mudd and Mr. Gold   Mr. Mudd and Mr. Gold [*][Demo Version]   MrMudd and MrGold   Mustang Wine   My Baby Worships Me   My Back Pages   My Old Friend The Blues   My Uncle   Mystery Train Part II   Mystery Train, Pt. 2   N. Y. C.   N.Y.C.   Nashville Cats   Nebraska   No Deal   No Place To Fall   No Place to Fall [*][Demo Version]   No. 29   Nothin' But You   Nothin' Without You   Nothing But A Child   Now She's Gone   Nowhere Road   Once You Love   Open Up Your Door   Open Your Window   Outlaw's Honeymoon   Over Yonder   Over Yonder (Jonathan's Song)   Pancho and Lefty   Pancho and Lefty [*][Demo Version]   Paradise   Pilgrim   Poison Lovers   Poor Boy   Promise You Anything   Racing In The Street   Rake   Rake   Rake [*][Demo Version]   Rednecks   Regular Guy   Rex's Blues   Rich Man's War   Rich Man’s War   Rivers Of Babylon   San Antonio Girl   San Antonio Girl [Live in Raleigh, NC]   Saturday Night & Sunday Morning   Shadowland   Shake, Rattle And Roll   She's About A Mover   Sin City   Sincerely   Sincerely (Too Late To Turn Back Now)   Six Days On The Road   Slippin' Away   Snake Oil   Some Dreams   Someday   Someday [DVD]   Sometimes She Forgets   Somewhere Out There   Sorry Sue   South Nashville   South Nashville Blues   Sparkle and Shine   Squeeze Me In   State Trooper   Steve's Last Ramble   Summer Wages   Sweet Little '66   Sweet Virginia   Take It Or Leave It   Taneytown   Tecumseh Valley   Telephone Road   Tennessee Blues   Texas Eagle   The Boy Who Never Cried   The Crush   The Crush [*]   The Devil's Right Hand   The Galway Girl   The Graveyard Shift   The Gringo's Tale   The Gulf of Mexico   The Kind   The Low Highway   The Mountain   The Other Kind   The Other Side Of Town   The Rain Came Down   The Revolution Starts Now   The Seeker   The Tennessee Kid   The Truth   The Unrepentant   The Usual Time   The Week Of Living Dangerously   The Week of Living Dangerously [Live in Raleigh, N...   The Window Song   Think It Over   This City   This Highway's Mine   This Highway's Mine (Roadmaster)   Time Has Come Today   To Live Is to Fly   To Live Is to Fly   To Live Is to Fly [*][Demo Version]   Tom Ames' Prayer   Tom Dooley   Transcendental Blues   Until The Day I Die   Valentine's Day   Waitin' On The Sky   Waiting On You   Warrior   West Nashville Boogie   West Nashville Boogie [Live]   What'll You Do About Me   What's A Simple Man To Do?   What's Your Name   Wheels   When I Fall   When The People Find Out   When Will We Be Married   When Will Will Be Married?   When You Fall In Love   Where I Lead Me   Where I Lead Me [*][Demo Version]   Wherever I Go   While You Sleep   White Freight Liner Blues   White Freightliner Blues   White Freightliner Blues   Willin'   Windfall   You Belong To Me   You Know The Rest   You Tear Me Up   You're Still Standin' There   You're Still Standing There   You're the Best Lover That I Ever Had   You're The Best Lover That I Ever Had   Your Forever Blue   Yours Forever Blue

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