'Cause she's two thousand light years away I hold my breath and close my eyes and Dream about her She holds my malakite so tight so Never let go I sit alone in my bedroom Staring at the walls I've been up all damn night long My pulse is speeding

My Maria (Oh Maria I love you girl, oh my Maria) Maria (Oh Maria I love you girl, Maria) I love you My Maria don't you know I've come a long, long way I been longin' to see her When she's around she takes my blues away Sweet Maria the sunlight surely

I'm a Ramblin' Man You better move away You're standing too close to the flame Once I mess with your mind Your little heart won't be the same Don't mess around with a Ramblin' Man I've been down the Mississippi, down through New Orleans I've played in

Why'd you treat me this way I've been giving you all my loving Now today is gonna be my blackest day I been waiting so long to hear what you would say I thought we had something so special, but now you're gone away When we first met, said we'd never part

I ran away, I ran away from good Honey I will meet you Darling I will keep you in my heart You're never gonna put me down Yeah I've been waiting all my life Honey I will stitch you Darling I will fit you in my heart You're not a day, you're not a day too

Somebody save me I've been trying so hard But I can't see that far I'm afraid I'd lose it all Just let it rain I rather stay away From laughs' overcoming

If I die tomorrow You're my everything You make me feel so alive As the minutes fade away I can't remember Have I said all I can say? 'Cause there's no one else Since I found you I know it's been so hard

Blues outside my door I don't even know if it's raining But I've been here before And I don't wanna be here again Ev'ry now and then voices on the wind call me back to the first time far away and clear you can hear the tear drops

Plus that paper chasin', it done turn me to a savage Groupies in the lobby they just tryna get established God, I've been guilty, fornicatin' from my status Feel his blessings wash away my sins I'm sanctified and, I have been born again Now I proclaim,

Every day, a castaway A vagabond, battle born I don't know where I'm going I've flown a million miles And I've rode so many more I've been a thousand places And shook a million hands But I know just where I've been I'm battle born