I was driving down a lonely road   On a dark and stormy night   When a little girl by the roadside   Showed up in my headlights.      I stopped and she got in the back   And in a shaky tone   She said: my name is Mary   Please won't you take me home?      She must have been so frightened   All alone there in the night   There was something strange about her   Her face was deathly white.      She sat so pale and quiet   In the back seat all alone   I never will forget that night   I took Mary home.      --- Instrumental ---      I pulled into the driveway   Where she told me to go   Got out to help her from the car   And opened up the door.      But I could not believe my eyes   The back seat was bare   And I looked all around this car   But Mary wasn't there,      A light shone from the porch   Someone opened up the door   I asked about the little girl   That I was looking for.      Then a lady gently smiled   And brushed a tear away   She said: It sure was nice of you   To go out of your way.      But thirteen years ago today   A wreck just down the road   Our darling Mary lost her life   And we miss her so.      But thank you for your trouble   And the kindness you have shone   You're the thirteenth one who's been here   Bringing Mary home...