Mary Lee

Lyrics

I got in town tonight, I wasn't feeling right Stopped in a lonely bar for a drink or two The lights were turned down low and the whiskey started to flow Then I saw a girl looking lonely too She was a wild barroom woman Looked just like the girl I used to know The girl I left in Tennessee with our daughter Mary Lee And on a night like this, I miss them so I drank the whiskey down, moved my mind around The jukebox played a song from way back home She put her hand on mine, oh lord, it felt so fine She said: "Hey, there ain't no cause to drink alone" She was a wild barroom woman Looked just like the girl I used to know The girl I left in Tennessee with our daughter Mary Lee And on a night like this, I miss them so And god knows I wanted more but I had felt that hand before I closed my eyes and saw a memory And when she said her name, I cried out loud in shame She said: "Everybody calls me Mary Lee" She was a wild barroom woman Looked just like the girl I used to know The girl I left in Tennessee with our daughter Mary Lee And on a night like this, I miss them so She was a wild barroom woman Looked just like the girl I used to know The girl I left in Tennessee with our daughter Mary Lee And on a night like this, I miss them so