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Intro

At first I did not think it could be you

But you're the only one that got off the train

So you must be my wife Miss Annie Halsey, yes, yes

I must be your husband. Yes, I'm Harry Crane

Mail order Annie, never mind your cryin'

Your tears are sweet rain in my empty life

Mail order Annie, can't you see I'm tryin'

To tell you that I'm glad you're here

You who are the woman

Who's come to be my wife

You know you're not as pretty as I dreamed you'd be

But then I'm not no handsome fancy Dan

And out here looks are really not important, no, no

It's what's inside a woman when she's up against the land

Mail order Annie, never mind your cryin'

Your tears are sweet rain in my empty life

Mail order Annie, can't you see I'm tryin'

To tell you that I'm glad you're here

You who are the woman

Who's come to be my wife

You know it's not no easy life you're entering

The winter wind comes whistlin' through the cracks there in the sod

You know you'll never have too many neighbours

There's you babe, and there's me, and there's God

You know I'm just a dirt man from the North Dakota plains

You're one girl from the city who's been thrown out on her own

And I'm standing here not sure of what to say to you

'Ceptin' mail order Annie, let's you and me go home

Mail order Annie, never mind your cryin'

Your tears are sweet rain in my empty life

Mail order Annie, can't you see I'm tryin'

To tell you that I'm glad you're here

You who are the woman

Who's come to be my wife