Mary Brown

Well my name is Charlie Thomas and I'm as good a man as you

And for the love of Mary Brown there's nothing that I won't do

Well her husband was a banker yet she told me he was cruel

So I left his body lying in the yard where the roses grew

She and I grew up neighbors where the houses look the same

And I swear that I loved Mary Brown before I knew her name

And after she'd married and he moved her away

You know she'd still come back and lay

With me like nothing had ever changed

I know what's wrong and right

What goes around comes around

There ain't nothing that I won't do

For the love of Mary Brown

Well people like him always look down on me

Because I've done a little time for armed robbery

Yeah but Mary Brown knows I'm from a good family

And she didn't say nothing when she slipped me the back door key

I know what's wrong and right

What goes around comes around

There ain't nothing that I won't do

For the love of Mary Brown

Well at my trial she testified she kissed me once or twice

But she swore that was long before she became his wife

And every time I looked at her she avoided my eyes

Then the jury sentenced me to 25 years to life

Now I haven't seen Mary Brown since the trial's end

And she never answers the letters that I send

And I heard that she married her husband's best friend

Yeah but for the love of Mary Brown, man I'd do it all again

I know what's wrong and right

What goes around comes around

There ain't nothing that I won't do

For the love of Mary Brown