Mary Katlyn, why did you leave?
I can't stand another night alone
I'll get by with a new start
but I can't stand a broken heart
just when I thought
we were on a roll
just when I thought
we were on a roll

Cold damp days
as she ran through the maze
of the feelings I'd buried deep within

We thought we were going steady
still her conscience growing heavy
couldn't bear the silent pounding of my sins

Mary katlyn, why'd you leave?
I can't stand another night alone
I'll get by with a new start
but I can't stand a broken heart
just when I thought
we were on a roll

And she said I would always feel like home
But not the one she fled when she was 17
Never cared where I came from
I'll take the man that you've become
She whispered softly
The most honest she'd ever been

Mary katlyn, why'd you leave?
I can't stand another night alone
I'll get by with a new start
but I can't stand a broken heart
just when I thought
we were on a roll

Mary katlyn please believe me
there's a few last words I never said
I'll just write them in a letter
hoping somehow they sound better
dripping ink and not just spinning in my head

Mary katlyn, why'd you leave?
I can't stand another night alone
I'll get by with a new start
but I can't stand a broken heart
just when I thought
we were on a roll

Mary katlyn please believe me
there's a few last words I never said
I'll just write them in a letter
hoping they just don't sound bitter
dripping ink and not just spinning in my head