The Yearning

Marry Me In The Morning

Album: Dreamboats & Lemonade [2014]
Author: Joe Moore © Elefant Publishing

Last night, a stranger came riding

And threw down his hat on the bar

He told me his story with whiskey

And how he had travelled so far

And something about him engaged me

The sadness, the look in his eyes

Last night, a stranger came riding

And here’s what he said

‘Marry me, in the morning’

 

He asked me if I had a husband

I told him that I had no time

As his hand lingered long on my shoulder

I jumped as if that were a crime

But the way that he smiled when he whispered

Words only I could have heard

Brought out a love deep inside me

And here’s what he said

‘Marry me, in the morning’

‘Marry me, in the morning’

 

With barely a kiss he was gone now

Gun by his side as he turned

To fight in a war for his freedom

At sunrise to make his return

But as I looked outside this morning

He lay there, his face in the dirt

Last night, my stranger came riding

And here’s what he said

‘Marry me, in the morning’

‘Marry me, in the morning’