Just seventeen, everything that she's seen
is all there in her eyes.
So many years of her poor mama's tears and
her Daddy's sweet lies.
There's nobody home, Mary-Anne's alone, almost
fully grown and worldly-wise.
#2.
Jimmy's been down, he's been out and around and
he knows where it's at.
Love to be good if he thought that he could but
it isn't like that.
He don't make mistakes, what he makes he takes,
Jimmy gets all the breaks cause he knows how.
Jimmy loves Mary-Anne Jimmy wants to be her man.
Jimmy loves Mary-Anne, she thinks he's alright.
#3.
She's not alone but she picks up the phone and she
hears Jimmy say mother, I'm beat, I'm so sick of
the street, feel like running away.
There's no life here at all, the city seems so small,
the sweeter music is calling us away let it play.
Jimmy loves Mary-Anne Jimmy wants to be her man.
Jimmy loves Mary-Anne, she thinks he's alright.
#4.
This big dollar town can drag you right down, if you go
it alone.
Even the strong don't survive very long when they're out
on their own.
Jimmy knows it's true, Mary-Anne knows it, too, they can
see each other through if they hold on.
Jimmy loves Mary-Anne Jimmy wants to be her man.
Jimmy loves Mary-Anne, she thinks he's alright.
Jimmy loves Mary-Anne Jimmy wants to be her man.
Jimmy loves Mary-Anne, she thinks he's alright.
Jimmy loves Mary-Anne (Fade.)