Mary Ann Regrets Lyrics - Bobby Bare

I saved up my money to buy my sweetheart some flowers 

For Saturday's date and I restlessly counted the hours 

And today in the mail I received a short little note 

And I broke down inside the message that her mother wrote 

Mary Ann regrets she's unable to see you again 

We're leaving for Europe next week, she'll be busy till then 

They know that she loves me but poor boys don't fit in their plans 

Goodbye, true love, goodbye, my sweet Mary Ann 

The weeks have gone by, not a word have I heard since then 

In the papers I read of the far away places she's been 

I can't eat, I can't sleep for over and over again 

My mind reads that letter and I cry for my Mary Ann, Mary Ann regrets 

My Mary Ann died, they said she just wasted away 

My Mary had died too sad, she just wasted away