Well, I just pulled out of Cherokee City, where the girls are too rich and they're way too pretty to give a second look to a long-haired rocker like me they're all lookin' for a boy with the right family tree, but my grandfather was in stone masonry, so I guess that just put me out of their game yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah well, Ii gotta job at the factory but time clocks loadin' docks just ain't me walkin' around, singin' my songs the boss was alright but i had to move on so I loaded out, busted loose, pedal down, chasin' truth Mary's my girl we were off and on left her cryin', you don't know what you want yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah I said, Mary kiss me one more time i need to feel something warm and true, cause I got holes deep inside, it's not you, it's me Ended up in Nashville, Tennessee outside of town where the rent is cheap I ain't a star i drive used cars holdin' on to my dreams Mary followed me to town got a job at a hair salon she knows lots of bigshots passes my tapes along I don't know why she hangs around picks me up when i'm feelin' down I tend to de-construct push my luck cause I hear music in the wheels rollin' along I hear words in a love gone wrong and I may not be worth so much but Mary got this song so Mary kiss me one more time I need to feel something warm and true cause I got holes deep inside it's not you, it's me it's not you, it's me it's not you, it's me