Lyrics

Mary Anne

I was walking down the street one day
Where I was going, Lord, I couldn’t say
I was feeling restless, Devil on my back
This ain’t the first song that’s started like that

Met an old man with a gleam in his eye, he said
“You look familiar and I bet I know why,
You’ve got a broken heart and not much more
I’ve met a thousand men like you before

I said, “Who do you think I am? No woman could ever break me.
She waits, my lovely Mary Anne, if I go to her I know she’ll take me,”
So I stood up and left that old man by the road

Packed my bag and hopped a train to your town
Spoke to your mother, she said you weren’t around, She cried,
“Don’t blame her for the things that she’s done
If I were her Lord knows how far I’d have run”

Found a pay phone and I dropped in a dime
Dialed your number for the twenty third time
You finally picked up and cried “Leave me alone!
You’re not the man I loved, I’m not coming home.”

Don’t run from me Mary Anne, I promise I won’t hurt you
I swear I will be a better man, and this time I won’t desert you
But she had already hung up the phone

I was walking down the street one night
I finally realized that old man was right
I’ve got a broken heart and not much more
You’ve met a thousand men like me before

Don’t run from me Mary Anne, I promise I won’t hurt you
I swear I will be a better man, and this time I won’t desert you
But she had already hung up the phone