(Capo on Second Fret)

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I was driving down a lonely road on a dark and stormy night,
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When a little girl by the road side showed up in my headlights,
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I stopped and she got in the back and in a shaky tone,
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She said, "My name is Mary and please won't you take me home".

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She must have been so frightened all alone there in the night.,
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There was something strange about her 'cause her face was deathly white,
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She sat so pale and quiet in the back seat all alone,
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I never will forget the night that I took Mary home.

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I pulled into the drive way where she told me to go,
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Got out to help her from the car and opened up the door,
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But I just could not believe my eyes, the back seat was bare,
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I looked all around the car but Mary wasn't there.

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A light shone from the porch, a lady opened up the door,
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I asked about the little girl that I was looking for,
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The lady gently smiled at me and brushed a tear away,
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She said, "It sure was nice of you to go out of your way".

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"But thirteen years ago tonight in a wreck just down the road,
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Our darling Mary lost her life and we miss her so,
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Oh thank you for your trouble and the kindness you have shown
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You're the thirteenth one that's been here, Bringing Mary Home".