Tom: A
single in 1968 with MESS AROUND as the B side.
Tabbed by:PJVillanueva
Intro: There's a small town lying by the river
Have way to nowhere
Where the trains just stop to take on water
But my girl, she lives there.
She don't have jewels, she ain't got money
But she makes my whole world sunny
Where's no make up on her face
But where she is, well, that's my place
And I'm going home to my girl.
Chorus
Wait for me Mary-Anne
Please, stay free Mary-Anne
I'm coming home, girl, just as soon as I can
(My my my Mary-Anne)
Wait for me Mary-Anne
You will see Mary-Anne
That I was born to be your true lovin' man
(My my my Mary-Anne)
Instrumental
In the city life gets often lonely
For a bore making gird
And it's hard to keep your sense of values
And to do things you should
Girls come easy, try to make you
Just as soon they'll try to break you
When the city dulls my eyes
Then I'll remember summer skies
And dream of the grace I belong
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small town lying by the river Have
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way to nowhere where the
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trains just stop to take on water But my
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girl she lives there She
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don't have jewels, she ain't got money
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But she makes my whole world sunny
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Where's no make up on her face but
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where she is, well, that's my place and
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I'm going home to my
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girl.
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Wait for me Mary-Anne
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Please, stay free Mary-Anne I'm
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coming home, girl, just as soon as I
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can (My my my Mary-Ann)
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Wait for me Mary-Anne
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You will see Mary-Anne that
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I was born to be your true lovin'
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man (My my my Mary-Ann)
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city life gets often lonely for a
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do things you should
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Girls come easy, try to make you
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Just as soon they'll try to break you
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When the city dulls my eyes then
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I'll remember summer skies and
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dream of the grace I belong
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Wait for me Mary-Anne
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Please, stay free Mary-Anne I'm
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coming home, girl, just as soon as I
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can (My my my Mary-Ann)
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Wait for me Mary-Anne
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You will see Mary-Anne that
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I was born to be your true lovin'
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Wait for me Mary-Anne
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Please, stay free Mary-Anne I'm
(My my my Mary-Ann)
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coming home, girl, just as soon as I
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Wait for me Mary-Anne
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