Absolutely Sweet Marie

Bob Dylan

1. 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?
   
2. Well, I waited for you when I was halfsick
   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?

R: Well, anybody can be just like me, obviously
   But then, now again, not too many 
   can be like you, fortunately.

3. Well, six white horses that you did promise
   Were fin'lly delivered down to the penitentiary
   But to live outside the law, you must be honest
   I know you always say that yu agree
   But where are you tonight, sweet Marie?

R: 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.

4. Well, I got the fever downin 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?

5. 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.