Jimmy Loves Mary-Anne

Just seventeen

Everything that you've seen

It's 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 worrying the why's

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 a man

Jimmy loves Mary-Anne

She thinks it's alright

She's not alone but

She picks-up the phone and hears Jimmy say

Mother I'm beat

I'm so sick of the streets

Feel like running away

There's no life here at all

The city seems so small

Sweeter music is calling us away

Let it play

Jimmy loves Mary-Anne

Jimmy wants to be a man

Jimmy loves Mary-Anne

She thinks it's alright

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 a man

Jimmy loves Mary-Anne

She thinks it's alright

Jimmy loves Mary-Anne

Jimmy wants to be a man

Jimmy loves Mary-Anne

She thinks it's alright