My Mary Lyrics - Merle Haggard

I take a trip every evening 

Strolling down memory lane 

I'm walkin' again those familiar paths 

Dreaming those dreams again 

And I can always see my sweetheart 

Just as she used to be 

Waiting for someone at the garden gate 

And I know that someone is me 

Big brown eyes and pearly hair 

And you'd tell that's Mary 

Rosy cheeks and ruby lips 

Can't you tell that's Mary? 

Oft times in the evenings 

We'd go strolling 

Hand in hand together 

Beneath the pepper tree 

And I can feel her hand in mine 

As I sit alone tonight 

Dreaming of the times I spent with Mary 

Oft times in the evenings 

We'd go strolling 

Hand in hand together 

Beneath the pepper tree 

And I can feel her hand in mine 

As I sit alone tonight 

Dreaming of the times I spent with Mary 

Oh, gee, wouldn't it be wonderful 

To open up the doors of the past 

And live again as yesterday? 

But you know no matter where I wander 

No matter where I roam 

There'll always be a place in my heart, boys 

For a girl away back, for a girl that 

I used to call Mary