i was sitting with mary in my dad s blue valiant rain was coming down and the radio was playing mary was talking a million miles a minute i could not hear one word she was saying cause i was lost i was gone listening to levon in another world oh in another place i was lost i was gone listening to levon i was looking in mary s eyes but i was listening to levon mary s hair was black that much i remember mary s skin was smooth i remember that too and she d open her eyes sometimes when she kissed me i don t know why she did that maybe mary knew that i was lost i was gone listening to levon in another place oh in some other world yeah i was lost i was gone listening to levon i was looking at the girl but i was listening to levon i changed her name to protect the innocent i might have even lied about the car this is just to say i m sorry if i hurt you but mary if you re out there cause you know who you are i m sorry mary  well it serves me right if you can t even hear me singing if you tuned me out a long time ago and it serves me right if you already changed the station and you re listening right now to that old boy on the radio and you re lost and you re gone listening to levon in another world from some other place are you lost are you gone listening to levon is there a smile your face while you re listening to levon 