Marie Provost

[Verse 1]

Marie Provost did not look her best

The day the cops bust into her lonely nest

In the cheap hotel up on Hollywood West, July 29

She'd been lyin' there for two or three weeks

The neighbors said they never heard a squeak

While hungry eyes that could not speak

Said even little doggies have got to eat

[Chorus]

She was a winner

That became the doggie's dinner

She never meant that much to me

Woah, poor Marie

[Verse 2]

Marie Provost was a movie queen

Mysterious angel of the silent screen

And run like the wind, the nation's young men steam

When Marie crossed the silent screen

Oh, she came out west from New York

But when the talkies came, Marie just couldn't cope

Her public said, "Marie, take a walk"

All the way back to New York

[Chorus]

She was a winner

That became the doggie's dinner

She never meant that much to me

But now I see, poor Marie

[Verse 3]

Those Quaalude bombs didn't help her sleep

As her nights grew long and her days grew bleak

It's all downhill once you've passed your peak

Marie got ready for that last big sleep

The cops came in and they looked around

Throwing up everywhere over what they found

The handiwork of Marie’s little dachshund

That hungry little dachshund

[Chorus]

She was a winner

That became the doggie's dinner

She never meant that much to me

Woah, poor Marie

[Refrain]

Poor Marie

Poor Marie

Poor poor Marie

Poor Marie