Well, your railroad gate, you know I just can't jump it
  Sometimes it gets so hard, you see
  I'm just sitting here beating on my trumpet
  With all these promises you left for me
  But where are you tonight, sweet Marie ?
    Well, I waited for you when I was half sick
  Yes, I waited for you when you hated me
  Well, I waited for you inside of the frozen traffic
  When you knew I had some other place to be
  Now where are you tonight, sweet Marie ?
    Well, anybody can be just like me, obviously
  But then, now again, not too many can be like you, fortunately.
    Well, six white horses that you did promise
  Were fin'ly delivered down to the penitentiary
  But to live outside the law, you must be honest
  I know you always say that you agree
  But where are you tonight, sweet Marie ?
    Well I don't know how it happened
  But the river-boat captain he knows my fate
  But ev'rybody else, even yourself
  They're just gonna have to wait.
    Well, I got the fever down in my pockets
  The Persian drunkard, he follows me
  Yes, I can take him to your house but I can't unlock it
  You see, you forgot to leave me with the key
  Oh, where are you tonight, sweet Marie ?
    Now, I been in jail when all my mail showed
  That a man can't give his address out to bad company
  And now I stand here lookin' at your yellow railroad
  In the ruins of your balcony
  Wond'ring where you are tonight, sweet Marie ?