BROCKZEMAN: MUSIC

I had me a good woman
For whom I'd walk to hell and back
But I couldn't tame her
And I knew that
But try and tell your heart something
It won't listen to you
That's how I fell in love with
Mary-Anne O'Toole

I told her I'd be a good man
And I'd settle down
I traded whiskey and women
For a job in town
Little did I know that
Mary had another man
And that woman was driving
Wooden stakes through my hands

I denied it strongly
And said our love was true
But she'd go out drinking
The whole night through
And when I'd ask her,
Mary where have you been?
It would only drive her
Out the front door again

One night I walked into the barroom
And my heart it did burn
I'd given all I could give
And got pain in return
Mary was sitting on a barstool
With a man named Sam McPhee
And as I headed for the door I could hear
They were laughing at me

I spent all the money I had
On a fast train to ride
I packed all my things
For to leave that night
I'm a-leaving Mary
I'm a-leaving my home
Praying she be there at the station
Crying, "Baby please don't go."

But as the train started moving
It began to rain
I looked out my window
But Mary never came
The only thing I know now
I learned from Mary-Anne O'Toole
Don't try and hold onto something
You can't bear to loose