Jimmy Loves Maryann - Josie Cotton

Just seventeen, everything that she’s seen

Is all there in her eyes

So many years of her poor mama’s tears

And her daddy’s red eyes

But there’s nobody home

And Maryann’s alone

Almost fully grown, and worldly wise

Jimmy’s been down, he’s been out and around

And he knows where it’s at

Love would be good if he thought that he could

But it isn’t like that

He don’t make mistakes

What he needs, he takes

Jimmy is all the rage 'cause he knows how

Jimmy loves Maryann

Jimmy wants to be her man

Jimmy loves Maryann

She thinks it’s alright

She’s not alone when she picks up the phone

And she hears Jimmy say

«Baby, I feel so sick of the street, feel like runnin' away

There’s no life here at all

The city seems so small

And there’s a sweeter music calling us away»

Jimmy loves Maryann

Jimmy wants to be her man

Jimmy loves Maryann

She thinks it’s alright, alright

Big money town, it’ll drag you right down

If you go it alone

Even the strong don’t survive very long

When they’re out on their own

Jimmy knows it’s true, and Maryann knows it, too

They could see each other through

If they hold on

Jimmy loves Maryann

Jimmy wants to be her man

Jimmy loves Maryann

She thinks it’s alright

Jimmy loves Maryann

Jimmy wants to be her man

Jimmy loves Maryann

She thinks it’s alright

Jimmy loves Maryann

Jimmy wants to be her man

Jimmy loves Maryann

Jimmy wants to be her man…