Sundown Mary Song Lyrics and Chords by Billy Walker
Sundown Mary
Recorded by Billy Walker
Written by Chris Gantry and Larry Baunach
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I first met Sundown
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Mary a
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year ago
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today
Traveling the same
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road I was
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going the other
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way
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talked and then she
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said you might be
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nice to have
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around
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laying your
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wher
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ever the
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sun goes
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down
I've always been a
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loner never
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had no one be
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fore
But with every town we
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passed through I
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loved her a little
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more
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one night when I
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kissed her I
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thought she felt the
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same
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But then the spell was
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broken
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by the
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whistle
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of a
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train
What have you heard from
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Sundown
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Mary
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what has she done
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today
Is she
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eating her food from the
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silver spoon and
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off of the golden
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plate
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she in the chips in
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Texas or
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stranded broke in
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Maine
Do you know if Sundown Mary
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ever speaks my
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name
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Ever speaks my
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name
We hopped a train to
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Baton Rouge the
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trip took several
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days
I had no idea that
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she thought of
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going separate
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ways
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in the crowded
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station she
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softly spoke my
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name
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And said it's time to
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leave you
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cause I
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come and
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go like
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rain
There's not much left of
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what you'd call
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the man I used to
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be
For in her place an
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empty space
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haunts my memo
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ry
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Always broke and
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lonely I
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age a year a
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day
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And when I get to
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drinking
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nights there's
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just one
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thing I
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say
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FAQ
Who sang the the song Sundown Mary?
- The song Sundown Mary was sang by Billy Walker.
Who is Billy Walker?
- William Marvin Walker (January 14, 1929 - May 21, 2006) was an American country music singer and guitarist best known for his 1962 hit, "Charlie's Shoes". Nicknamed The Tall Texan, Walker had more than 30 charting records during a nearly 60-year career, and was a longtime member of the Grand Ole Opry.
