Lyric Mary Ann Regrets

(Harlan Howard)

I save up my money to buy my sweetheart some flowers
For Saturday s date and I restlessly counted the hours
And today in the mail I recieved a short little note
And I d broke down, inside the message that her mother wrote.

Mary Ann regrets she s unable to see you again
We ll leaving for Europe next week she ll be busy till then
They know that she loves me but poor boys don t fit in their plans
Goodbye true love, goodbye my sweet Mary Ann.

The weeks have gone by not a word have I heard since then
In the papers I read of the far away places she s been
I can t eat I can t sleep for over and over again
My mind reads that letter and I cry for my Mary Ann.

Mary Ann regrets she s unable to see you again
We ll leaving for Europe next week she ll be busy till then
They know that she loves me but poor boys don t fit in their plans
Goodbye true love, goodbye my sweet Mary Ann.

My Mary had died too sad she just wasted away
If I could have seen her I know she d be living today
For we loved each other and if they had left us alone
Today she d be wearing my ring not a blanket of stone.

Mary Ann regrets she s unable to see you again
We ll leaving for Europe next week she ll be busy till then
They know that she loves me but poor boys don t fit in their plans
Goodbye true love, goodbye my sweet Mary Ann...