Maria

(Robert E. Keen)



There's a soft rain tappin' on your window

There's a cool breeze blowin' off the bay

And a warm flame dancin' with our shadows

To music playin' far away.



I never meant to stay an hour

I thought that I was passin' through

Another town along the highway

I never meant to fall for you.



But, I can't speak for you, Maria

I only know the way I feel

When I sleep with you, Maria

There's nothing' left for dreams to steal.



On a Bible by the mirror

The only treasures that we hold

The only secrets that we're keepin'

A watch, a chain, a cross of gold.



But, I can't speak for you, Maria

I only know the way I feel

When I sleep with you, Maria

There's nothing' left for dreams to steal.



--- Instrumental ---



When the sunlight brings the mornin'

I can't tell you what I'll do

But, I've a mind to take you with me

And I've a heart to stay with you.



But, I can't speak for you, Maria

I only know the way I feel

When I sleep with you, Maria

There's nothing' left for dreams to steal.



When I sleep with you, Maria

There's nothin' left for dreams to steal...