Bringing Mary Home

I was driving down a lonely road one dark and stormy night
 When a little girl by the roadside showed up in my headlights
 I stopped and she got in back and in a shaky tone
 She said: My name is Mary, please won't you take me home?
 She must have been so frightened all alone there in the night
 There was something strange about her, for her face was deathly white
 She sat so pale and quiet in the back seat all alone
 I'll never will forget that night I took Mary home
 I pulled into the driveway where she told me to go
 Got out to help her from the car and opened up the door
 But I just could not believe my eyes 'cause the back seat was bare
 I looked all around the car but Mary wasn't there
 A light shone from the porch, someone opened up the door
 I asked about the little girl that I was looking for
 Then a lady gently smiled and brushed a tear away
 She said: It sure was nice of you to go out of your way
 But thirteen years ago today a wreck just down the road
 Our darling Mary lost her life and we miss her so
 Thank you for your trouble and the kindness you have shone
 You're the thirteenth one who's been here bringing Mary home