I Miss My Mary

I Miss My Mary - Done Again

A threadbare alibi a lifetime full of promise

Fell from my Mary's eyes

As she saw the screen door swing

The baby never woke

He lay cradled in her trembling

He lay safe and never knowing

What my leaving would bring

I draw my pay down on the docks

I send it off to Mary

I might hold back a dollar

And wash this pain out of my back

But the pain keeps getting clearer

And Mary your face just keeps on fading

Now the light shines through this bottle

Memories all fade to black

Well I'll see you out on the street tonight

I'm a lover of a drink a lover of a fight

Hold my own on the dark side of this town

Yes I'm tough as nails got a heart of steel

I will never fear for I will never feel

And one more round would surely set me right

I miss my Mary tonight

They call me the old man in this bar

Sleeves rolled up and showing

Faint blue souvenirs of love and places I have been

One says ''US Navy'' and this one says ''Darling Mary''

My Mary's turned to ashes

And the ocean's turned to gin

Well I'll see you out on the street tonight

I'm a lover of a drink a lover of a fight

Hold my own on the dark side of this town

Yes I'm tough as nails got a heart of steel

I will never fear for I will never feel

Oh and one more round would surely set me right

I miss my Mary tonight

Yeah one more round would surely set me right

I miss my Mary tonight