Mary & Me

Mary's mama & daddy fought like the Hatfields & McCoys

She was 1 of 5 and the other 4 were rust belt roughneck boys

I'd wait out in the gravel for her to storm out of that trailer

Looking like a gold street angel talking like a sunburnt sailor

And we'd go round & round that square

Lit cigarettes in the air

Mary & me were crazy

Mary & me were reckless

Mary & me shine brighter than the silver cross hanging off her necklace

Said she wanted me for the long run, she promised she would never leave

She swore it on her grave but my sweet Mary never ended up marrying me

The day after graduation we put that town back in the rearview

We were chasing every sunset we could ride a Chevrolet into

And we stopped outside of Tucson underneath the desert willow

Slept underneath the God-picked stars with a tee shirt for a pillow

We made love in the morning

And we got back on the road yeah

Mary & me were crazy

Mary & me were reckless

Mary & me shine brighter than the silver cross hanging off her necklace

And I put that put-away paycheck on a ring and I hit one knee

Even though she said yes my sweet Mary never ended up marrying me

Oh no

We put a lot miles on my Goodyear tires

Her soul grew weary & my heart grew tired

Tried slowing down but we lost that fire

Tried to make it work but after a while

We knew, it was through

Mary & me were crazy

Mary & me were reckless

Ah Mary & me shine brighter than the silver cross hanging off her necklace

I thought that it would alway feel, the way it felt when we were 18

But dreams die hard & my sweet Mary never ended up marrying me

She never ended up marrying me