If it was just me, I'd be headed south
To move some old cars around
She didn't even try
I'm feelin' too low down to lie
My little boy safe inside
Two freights everyday
Well, the man's still grinnin' says he lost my file
Marie she didn't wake up this morning
But I'm just dreamin', I ain't got no ride
The Pocono's down but the Chesapeak's runnin'
I used to play the mouth harp pretty good
Unemployment said I got no more checks
And the junkyard's a pretty good ways
Caught a Chesapeak on the fly
And they showed me to the hall
Harps cost money and I ain't got it
Hustled up a little dough
I was staying at the mission till I met Marie
In my heart I know it's a little boy
Marie will know I'm headed south
She just rolled over and went to Heaven
I gotta stand in line again
Said they'd let me know
She's got some pain and she thinks it's a baby
Hope she don't break down and cry
I laid them in the sun where somebody'd find them
We're headed down into fall
I want to kill him but I just say no
But I got drunk and I woke up rolled
I head back to the bridge, its getting kinda cold
A couple of months ago
Marie will know I'm headed south
Maybe me and Marie could find a burned-out
Van and do a little settlin' down
Now I can't stay there no more
But Marie can't catch no train
I put in my time till the Pocono line
Fella 'cross town said he's lookin' for a man
I guess I'll just tell Marie the truth
I had enough of that line my friend
I got no one left to call
My brother died in Georgia some time ago
Hope he don't end up like me
That job's about a half week old besides
Summer wasn't bad below the bridge
Well, the man just grinned like it was all a game
A little short on food that's all
They got my harp and they got my dollar
Says we gotta wait and see
Them low life so and so's
It'd be gone now anyway
It's my own fault, I suppose
Shut down two years ago
So's to meet me by and by
Now I gotta get Marie some kind of coat
