[ti:Take a Message to Mary] [ar:Everly Brothers] [al:Top 50 Hits - The Everly Brothers] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.10]Take a Message to Mary - Everly Brothers [00:00.20]Written by:Bryant [00:00.41]These are the words of a frontier lad [00:05.32]Who lost his love when he turned bad [00:18.17]Take a message to Mary [00:21.45]But don't tell her where I am [00:26.58]Take a message to Mary [00:29.92]But don't say I'm in a jam [00:33.77]You can tell her I had to see the world or [00:38.51]Tell her that my ship set sail [00:42.13]You can say she'd better not wait for me [00:46.45]But don't tell her I'm in jail [00:50.12]Oh don't tell her I'm in jail [00:55.09]Take a message to Mary but don't tell her what I've done [01:02.75]Please don't mention the stagecoach and the shot from a careless gun [01:10.33]You can tell her I had to change [01:13.37]My plans and cancel out the wedding day [01:18.37]But please don't mention my lonely cell where I'm gonna pine away [01:26.41]Until my dying day [01:31.62]Take a message to Mary [01:34.86]But don't tell her all you know [01:39.35]My heart's achin' for Mary Lord knows I miss her so [01:46.81]Just tell her I went to timbuktu tell her [01:52.26]I'm searchin' for gold [01:54.92]You can say she'd better find someone [01:58.47]New to cherish and to hold [02:03.02]Oh Lord this cell is cold [02:07.64]Mary Mary [02:15.37]Oh Lord this cell is cold