Dear Marley

Went to the lake

Where we used to take each other

When we felt we were young.

I stared at the water

'Til I got what I came for

When I turned to the moon

It was gone.

I write you this letter

I hope it does matter

I know that at one time

It's you I betrayed.

O-oh, Marley Jones

I'd give half of my freedom

To know you would roam.

I would steal the money

If it would bring you home.

I wanna see you again.

Heard from a mutual friend

You were doing quite well

Without selling your soul.

Me I run with the fast ones,

I lay down with the tired ones,

It's a method that has proved its own toll.

I think of that morning

All grey with your leaving

When you said, pretty sure,

That I never could give.

O-oh, Marley Jones

I'd give half of my freedom

To know you would roam.

I would steal the money

If it would bring you home.

I wanna see you again.

Write me a line

Whether bitter or giving;

I'm needing to know how we stand.

As sure as we parted

I could have stayed with you;

It's a lesson that burns holes in my hand.

What more can I tell you

With time so between us?

It's mostly I want you to know that I know.

O-oh Marley Jones

Choice carves a crevice

Where a river could flow.

It can seal up a highway

So a shadow can't grow.