Dave Alvin
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(Blue Horn Toad Music, BMI, Administered by Bug Music)
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Well my name is Charlie Thomas and I¡¯m as good a man as you
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And for the love of Mary Brown there¡¯s nothin¡¯ that I won¡¯t do
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Well her husband was a banker, yet she told me he was cruel
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So I left his body lyin¡¯ in the yard where their roses grew.
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Well she and I grew up neighbors where the houses looked the same
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And I swear that I loved Mary Brown before I knew her name
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And after she married and he moved her away
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You know she¡¯d still come back and lay with me like nothin¡¯ had ever changed.
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I know what¡¯s what¡¯s wrong and right
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What goes around, comes around
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But there ain¡¯t nothin¡¯ that I won¡¯t do
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For the love of Mary Brown.
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Well people like him always look down on me
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Because I¡¯ve done a little time for armed robbery
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Yeah, but Mary Brown knows I¡¯m from a good family
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And she didn¡¯t say nothing¡¯ when she slipped me the back door key.
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I know what¡¯s wrong and right
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What goes around comes around
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But there ain¡¯t nothin¡¯ that I won¡¯t do
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For the love of Mary Brown.
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Well at my trial she testified she kissed me once or twice
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But she swore that was long before she became his wife
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And every time I looked at her she avoided my eyes
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And the jury sentenced me to twenty-five years to life.
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Now I haven¡¯t seen Mary Brown since the trial¡¯s end
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And she never answers the letters that I send
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And I heard that she married her husband¡¯s best friend
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Yeah but for the love of Mary Brown, man I¡¯d do it all again.
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I know what¡¯s wrong and right
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What goes around, comes around
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But there ain¡¯t nothin¡¯ that I won¡¯t do
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For the love of Mary Brown.
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Mary Brown
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| Dave Alvin |
