Sundown Mary

Well I first met Sundown Mary a year ago today

Hitchin' the same road I was a goin' the other way

We talked and then she said you might be nice to have around

If you don't mind layin' your head wherever the sun goes down

I've always been a loner never have no one before

But with every town we passed through I loved her a little more

And one night as I kissed her I thought she felt the same

But then the spell was broken by the whistle of a train

What have you heard from Sundown Mary what has she done today

Is she eatin' her food from the silver spoon and off of the golden plate

Is she in the chips in Texas or stranded broke in Maine

Do you know if Sundown Mary ever speaks my name

Ever speaks my name

We hopped a freight to Boton Rouge the trip took several days

I had no idea that she thought of going seperate ways

There in the crowded station she softly spoke my name

And said it's time to leave you I come and go like rain

There's not much left of what you'd call the man I used to be

For in her place an empty space haunts my memory

Always broke and lonely I age a year a day

And when I get to drinking nights there's just one thing I say

What have you heard from Sundown Mary...