Page type: lyric reference
Artist: Robert Earl Keen
Canonical path: /robert-earl-keen/maria
Related lyric paths: 6
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Maria
Read Maria lyrics by Robert Earl Keen on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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Maria
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There's a salt grain tapping on your window
There's a cool breeze blowing off the bay
A warm flame dancing with our shadows
To music playing far a way
I never meant to stay an hour
I thought that I was passing through
Another town along the highway
I never meant to fall for you
CHORUS
I can't speak for you Maria
I only know the way I feel
But 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 keeping
A watch, a chain, a cross of gold
REPEAT CHORUS
When the sunlight brings the morning
I cannot 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
REPEAT CHORUS
Repeat last line of chorus
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Who performs "Maria"?
Robert Earl Keen performs "Maria", and this lyric page sits inside the Robert Earl Keen catalog on LyroVerse.
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