[Verse 1]
Well, your railroad gate, you know I just can’t jump it
Sometimes it gets so hard, you see
I just sitting here beating on my trumpet
With all these promises you left for me

[Chorus]
Oh, but where are you tonight, sweet Marie?

[Verse 2]
Well, I waited for you when I was half sick
Yes, I waited for you when you hated me
I waited here for you inside of the frozen traffic
When you knew I had some other place to be

[Chorus]
Oh, but where are you tonight, sweet Marie?

[Bridge]
Well, anybody can be just like me, obviously
But then, now again, not all can be like you, fortunately

[Verse 3]
Six white horses that you did promise
We're finally delivered down to the penitentiary
But to live outside the law, you must be honest
I know you always say that you agree

[Chorus]
Alright, so where are you tonight, sweet Marie?

[Verse 4]
I don’t know how it happened
But the riverboat captain, he knows my fate
But everybody else, even yourself
Is just gonna have to wait

[Verse 5]
I have the fever down in my pockets, whoo!
The Persian drunkard, he follows me
I can take him to your house but I can’t unlock it
You see, you forgot to leave me with the key

[Chorus]
Oh, where are you tonight, sweet Marie?