For my name, just call me lonely
And my past, just say it's bad
But the story I'm about to tell you
May sound a little sad
Well, I've never had nothing
All I ever owned was me
I was about to lose myself
And then I met
Mary
Oh, my darling, oh, my darling,
oh, my darling
Darling, don't fall in love with me
Cause I will only make you lonely,
lonely just like me
Oh my darlin', oh my darlin',
oh my darlin'
Oh my darlin', can't you see
Just say goodbye, I'll understand it
And walk away from me
But my darling, she wouldn't listen
She said, boy, shut your mouth
If two people love each other
They should try to work it out
So I listened to my darling
And my life was filled with glee
But one night at a party,
some bad luck came to me
There was a guy dancing
with my daughter
And he danced her across the floor
I heard a scream and I ran to him
Because it was my
Mary's voice
He was holdin' to my
Mary
And I begged him to let her be
All I could hear was my
Mary cryin'
Because he'd placed his knife in me
Oh my darlin', oh my darlin',
oh my darlin'
Darlin', don't you cry for me
Although my fate just wouldn't wait
to show me my destiny.
I'm not afraid, I'm not afraid,
I'm not afraid.
I will go where I'm led.
God bless you for standing by me.
And
God bless you for loving me.
God bless you for standing by me.