Mary Brown-Dave Alvin

[ti:Mary Brown] [ar:Dave Alvin] [al:The Best Of The HighTone Years] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Mary Brown - Dave Alvin [00:07.79]Well my name is Charlie Thomas [00:09.83]And I'm as good a man as you [00:11.75] [00:15.17]And for the love of Mary Brown there's nothin' [00:17.45]That I won't do [00:19.06] [00:20.68]Well her husband was a banker [00:22.55]Yet she told me he was cruel [00:24.91] [00:26.26]So I left his body lyin' in the yard [00:29.11] [00:29.66]Where their roses grew [00:31.84] [00:36.58]Well she and I grew up neighbors [00:38.33]Where the houses looked the same [00:40.44] [00:43.43]And I swear that I loved Mary Brown [00:45.40]Before I knew her name [00:47.32] [00:49.47]After she married and he moved her away [00:52.35] [00:54.60]You know she'd still come back [00:56.16]And lay with me like nothin' had ever changed [00:59.68] [01:03.60]I know what's wrong and right [01:06.03] [01:07.65]What goes around comes around [01:09.86] [01:13.26]There ain't nothin' that I won't do [01:15.72] [01:17.61]For the love of Mary Brown [01:19.23] [01:32.19]Well people like him always look down on me [01:35.57] [01:38.76]Because I've done a little time for armed robbery [01:42.55] [01:44.13]Yeah but Mary Brown knows [01:46.01]I'm from a good family [01:48.32] [01:50.20]And she didn't say nothing' [01:51.81]When she slipped me the back door key [01:55.01] [01:58.83]I know what's wrong and right [02:01.41] [02:02.73]What goes around comes around [02:05.21] [02:08.48]There ain't nothin' that I won't do [02:11.07] [02:12.66]For the love of Mary Brown [02:14.56] [02:36.46]Well at my trial she testified [02:38.67]She kissed me once or twice [02:40.43] [02:44.01]But she swore that was long before [02:46.10]She became his wife [02:47.91] [02:49.91]And every time I looked at her she avoided my eyes [02:53.68] [02:55.54]And the jury sentenced me to twenty five years to life [03:00.32] [03:07.14]Now I haven't seen Mary Brown since the trial's end [03:11.01] [03:14.07]And she never answers the letters that I send [03:17.82] [03:19.86]And I heard that she married her husband's best friend [03:23.70] [03:25.15]Yeah but for the love of Mary Brown man [03:30.60]I'd do it all again [03:32.20] [03:35.96]I know what's wrong and right [03:38.70] [03:39.84]What goes around comes around [03:42.33] [03:45.66]There ain't nothin' that I won't do [03:48.39] [03:49.74]For the love of Mary Brown [03:51.67] [03:55.17]There ain't nothin' that I won't do [03:58.08] [04:01.05]For the love of Mary Brown