Mary Could You

Lyrics

[Verse 1] Behind a fellow on the way to Pocatello On a westbound passenger train Buyin' my time drinkin' red wine Waitin' for the signal to change And there's gold and hooch hidden in the caboose And when the damn thing stops I'm ready to shoot [Chorus] Oh Lord, I ain't the innocent one Know me by the way I run Well, I'm stabbed in the back and I'm gunnin' for that stack Oh Mary, could you stitch me up [Verse 2] Mary made a living just fencing what was given When the tramps rolled in on the train Sold her booze and offered a room And a lady without a name She could sew your wounds or sell you a tomb But never could you tell her you had something to lose [Chorus] Oh Lord, I ain't the innocent one Know me by the way I run Well, I'm stabbed in the back and I'm gunnin' for that stack Oh Mary, could you stitch me up [Verse 3] So I rode in hot just lookin' for a cot To lay my burdens down In Mary's place I recognized a face On a man from another town He shot his lead at the side of my head It was 27 stitches from the queen of the yeggs [Chorus] Oh Lord, I ain't the innocent one Know me by the way I run Well, I'm stabbed in the back and I'm gunnin' for that stack Oh Mary, could you stitch me up [Chorus] Oh Lord, I ain't the innocent one Know me by the way I run Well, I'm stabbed in the back and I'm gunnin' for that stack Oh Mary, could you stitch me up