sweet marie i can hardly wait there s gas in the tank tonight s our fate let us not part sore by the porches light lets go out together into the night she said her friend peter had a steady wage a home for two numbers on the page well i thought for a while and that s when she spoke the words as they started i thought a joke she said come see me when the crop comes in when the water s high you can afford to spend i m high on the cotton and my dress is fine i d spend it all if you could be mine i m not the kid of woman that s bound to lose so don t come around with your poor boy blues well she was sore from the moment she picked up a plastic fork and a paper cup but she laughed at the jokes and she sure could smile something cheap as love should last a while she said does a diamond really talk that loud does just love not make you proud when you ve got all you can use don t bore me with your rich girl blues well sweet marie i could hardly wait back when i thought you were my fate a diamond told you to walk that aisle even though you could have been my style come see me when the crop comes in when the water s high you can afford to spend i m high on the cotton and my dress is fine i wouldn t spend it all if you could be mine