Just seventeen, everything that you've seen
Now it's there in her eyes
So many years of her poor mama's tears
And her Daddy's sweet lies
There's nobody home, and Mary-Anne's alone
Almost fully grown and words in her eyes
Jimmy's been down, he's been out and around
And he knows where it's at
Nothing no good if he thought that he could
But it isn't like that
He don't make mistakes, what he makes he takes
Jimmy gets all the breaks cause he knows how
But Jimmy loves Mary-Anne, Jimmy wants to be a man
And Jimmy loves Mary-Anne, she thinks it's alright
This big dollar town can drag you right down
If you go it alone
Even the strong don't survive very long
When they're out on their own
And Jimmy knows it's true, and Mary-Anne knows it too
They can see each other through if they hold on tight
Jimmy loves Mary-Anne, Jimmy wants to be a man
Jimmy loves Mary-Anne, she thinks it's alright
And Jimmy loves Mary-Anne, Jimmy wants to be a man
Jimmy loves Mary-Anne, she thinks it's alright, it's alright