Just seventeen, everything that she's seen
Is all there in her eyes
So many years of her poor mama's tears

And her daddy's red eyes
But there's nobody home
And Maryann's alone

Almost fully grown, and worldly wise

Jimmy's been down, he's been out and around

And he knows where it's at
Love would be good if he thought that he could
But it isn't like that

He don't make mistakes
What he needs, he takes
Jimmy is all the rage 'cause he knows how


Jimmy loves Maryann
Jimmy wants to be her man

Jimmy loves Maryann
She thinks it's alright


She's not alone when she picks up the phone
And she hears Jimmy say
"Baby, I feel so sick of the street, feel like runnin' away

There's no life here at all
The city seems so small
And there's a sweeter music calling us away"


Jimmy loves Maryann
Jimmy wants to be her man

Jimmy loves Maryann
She thinks it's alright, alright


Big money town, it'll drag you right down
If you go it alone
Even the strong don't survive very long

When they're out on their own
Jimmy knows it's true, and Maryann knows it, too
They could see each other through

If they hold on

Jimmy loves Maryann

Jimmy wants to be her man
Jimmy loves Maryann
She thinks it's alright


Jimmy loves Maryann
Jimmy wants to be her man

Jimmy loves Maryann
She thinks it's alright


Jimmy loves Maryann
Jimmy wants to be her man
Jimmy loves Maryann

Jimmy wants to be her man...