Well, I waited for you, when I was a half-sick
Yes, I waited for you when you hated me
Well I wa-aited for you inside of the frozen traffic
Yeah, when you knew I had some other place to be
Now where are you tonight, sweet Marie?

Well anybody could be just like me, obviously
but then now again not too many could be like you, fortunately

Well, six white horses, that you did promise
Were finally deivered down to the penitentiary
but to live outside the law you must be honest
I know you always say you agree
All right, so where are you tonight, sweet Marie?

well I don't know how it happened, but the riverboat captain,
he knows my fate
And everybody else, even yourself, you're just gonna have to wait

Well, I got the fever, down in my pockets
Your 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
Oh, so where are you tonight, sweet Marie?

Well, I been in jail, where all the mail showed
That a man can't give his address out to bad company
Now I'm sitting here, looking at your yellow railroad
In the ruins, of your balcony
Wondering where are you tonight, sweet Marie