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