Mary Lee

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