She was the gold rush By all means, she can get ahead of herself I'll already be there I'll already be there to meet her She's no traitor I've got no chaser (She doesn't love) Anything for herself But for me she goes way in, way in

Sleepy time, and I lie With my love by my side And she's breathing low A cloud of eiderdown Draws around me Softening a sound And the candle dies When night comes down You lock the door

So suddenly I'm in love with a stranger I can't believe that she's mine Now all I see is you with fresh eyes, fresh eyes I can't believe that she's mine, yeah And now all I see is you with fresh eyes, fresh eyes You dress up just a little and I'm like,

That's the thoughts of a fool thinking out loud I had a love and it was all mine I drove her out, I must've been blind She loved me so, but I was untrue She's gone for good, what can I do? There's not a thing that I can say about her Except I don't know

You can bet your last two dollars There ain't no tens All them flaws Scars or tattoos that went rotten Ones you came with or you caused them We all got flaws Flaws, everybody's got 'em The woman that I love, she's purer than a dove I know her best than

This good hearted woman in love with her good timin' man She's a good hearted woman in love with a good timin' man And she loves him in spite of his ways that she don't understand And through teardrops and laughter they'll pass through this world hand in

Get the firehouse Whoo, hoo, yeah She's like bad weather but it seems so good You'd never leave her but you know you should She'll adore you and she'll floor you With her wisdom and her vision And you'll love it and think of it Till you lose all intuition

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

She ain't right, she ain't right She ain't right, but she's just right for me She got her daddy's tongue and temper Sometimes her mouth could use a filter God shook his head the day he built her Oh, but I bet he smiled. She loves and lives her life

I never felt so alive Catch me, don't you For the first time Am I strong enough to lift, into a place that I can see Someone more important than me? Catch me, don't you, catch me, I've fallen in love For you I drop the tough guy shit On this bus I sit