Marie talked like she was from the south, hushpuppies melting in her mouth

Face just like a movie queen, and a body by amphetamine

Johnny was a boy who liked the dark, he’d book a single on Noah’s Ark

Draggin’ round his ball and chain, in the cocktail car on a midnight train

They met up out on the coast, doing what they loved the most,

Johnny played cards, Marie played pool, they’d steal money from any fool

He knew how, she knew where, they both knew better but they didn’t care

Dancin’ to the rhythm of a broken clock, with vodka shots & crystal rocks

His steel blue eyes have never known a tear

Her southern smile will make you burn, make you burn,

They’ll take your heart, strip it clean, treat you like a cash machine,

Strictly deposit, No Return

One night a cowboy drew his gun, said he wouldn’t be cheated by anyone

Marie pulled a .38 from her purse, put th’ cowboy in a long black hearse

Johnny tossed the money to Marie, said I’ll catch you up in a week or three, now

Marie’s at the station taking the train, but Johnny’s in jail, taking the blame

His steel blue eyes have never known a tear

Her southern smile will make you burn, make you burn,

They’ll take your heart, strip it clean, treat you like a cash machine,

Strictly deposit, No Return

Now, Marie got married, she’s a lawyer’s wife, and

Johnny’s on the rock doing 20 to life,

Marie’s by the pool with a glass of wine,

Johnny’s in a cell with nothin’ but time

Johnny’s face wears a bitter smile

He knows that lawyer soon will learn, yes, he’ll learn

She’ll take his heart, strip it clean, treat him like a cash machine,

Strictly deposit, No Return

Marie talked like she was from the south, hushpuppies melting in that girl’s mouth

Johnny was a boy who liked the dark