Marie

I stood in line and left my name
 Took about six hours or so
 Well the man just grinned like it was all a game
 Said they'd let me know
 I put in my time 'till the Pocono line
 Shut down two years ago
 I was staying at the mission 'till I met Marie
 Now I can stay there no more
 Fella' 'cross town saId he's lookin' for a man
 Move some old cars around
 Maybe me and Marie could find a burned-out van
 Do a little settlin' down
 Aw, but I'm just dreamin', I ain't got no ride
 And the junkjard's a pretty good ways
 That job's about a half-week old besides
 It'd be gone down anyway
 Unemployment says I got no more checks
 And it showed me to the hall
 My brother died in Georgia some time ago
 I got no one left to call
 Summer wasn't bad below the bridge
 A little short on food, that's all
 Now I got a get Marie some kind of coat
 We're headed down into fall
 I used to play the mouth harp pretty good
 Hustled up a little dough
 But I got drunk and I woke up rolled
 A couple of months ago
 They got my harp and they got my dollar
 Them low life so 'n so's
 Harps cost money and I ain't got it
 It's my own fault I suppose
 Now the Pocono's down but the Chesapeake's runnin'
 Two freights everyday
 If it's just me I'd be headed South
 But Marie can't catch no train
 She's got some pain and she thinks it's a baby
 Says we gotta wait and see
 In my heart I know it's a little boy
 Hope he don't end up like me
 Well the man's still grinnin' said he lost my file
 I gotta stand in line again
 I want to kill him but I just say no
 I had enough of that line, my friend
 I head back to the bridge, it's getting kinda cold
 I'm feeling too low down to lie
 I guess I'll just tell Marie the truth
 Hope she don't break down and cry
 Marie she didn't wake up this morning
 She didn't even try
 She just rolled over and went to heaven
 My little boy safe inside
 I laid them in the sun where somebody'd find them
 Caught a Chesapeake on the fly
 Marie will know I'm headed south
 So's to meet me by and by
 Ah, Marie will know I'm headed south
 So to meet me by and by