I know a girl with pretty brown eyes Sharp and cut you deep like a porcupine Called in Tuesday, told em that I was sick Sick in the heart for the girl that I wanna be with I'm filled with sorrow, but sorrow don't work As a word to describe the pain of me missing her Lord I know it'll be two days Before I see em freckles face to face Oh Sweet Marie my Sweet Marie Say bye to Cali say hi to me Say bye to Cali say hi to me I'll build a castle up in them hills Where I can show her truly that I love her still And ask her why it took her so long And forced this lonely boy to write a song And feed myself, 'cause em dishes don't last Two times around before they call her back Lord I know it'll be two days Before I see em freckles face to face Oh Sweet Marie my Sweet Marie Say bye to Cali say hi to me Say bye to Cali say hi to me Don't trust frontier, but it's what I got Take her home to her destination spot And hold her tight, just the way she likes Take her home to the dawn of the morning light Lord I know it'll be two days Before I see em freckles face to face Oh Sweet Marie oh Sweet Marie Say bye to Cali say hi to me Say bye to Cali say hi to me Say bye to Cali say hi to me