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I was driving down a lonely road on a dark and stormy night 
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When a little girl by the road side showed up in my headlights 
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I stopped and she got in the back and in a shaky tone 
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She said My name is Mary and please won't you take me home 

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She must have been so frightened all alone there in the night 
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There was something strange about her cause her face was deathly white 
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She sat so pale and quiet in the back seat all alone 
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I never will forget the night that I took Mary home 

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I pulled into the drive way where she told me to go 
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Got out to help her from the car and opened up the door 
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But I just could not believe my eyes the back seat was bare 
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I looked all around the car but Mary wasn't there 

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A light shone from the porch a lady opened up the door 
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I asked about the little girl that I was looking for 
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The lady gently smiled at me and brushed a tear away 
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She said it sure was nice of you to go out of your way 

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But thirteen years ago tonight in a wreck just down the road 
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Our darling Mary lost her life and we miss her so 
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Oh thank you for your trouble and the kindness you have shown 
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You're the thirteenth one that's been here bringing Mary home