David Allan Coe – Maria Is A Mystery

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Maria has a music box she winds up most every day
Once a week is all it takes, to make the music play
Melody is just some childhood lullaby her mother
Used to sing to her.

And the road down to the city, goes right by Maria’s door
I often walk right by her house on my way to the store
Up there where those Italian mothers
Dress their shivering bambinos
For the rain.

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She tells me about Jesus, and all his gallant men
I tell her about fantasy
Maria she’s this lady, on the way down to the river
Maria she’s a mystery
Maria she’s a mystery.

Yeah passing by this morning, I drew a picture in my head
Our bodies in some candlelight that glowed upon our skin
Maybe if I touched her, she would disappear
Like angels in a dream.

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Theres a stack of daily papers on her doorstep
And the grass has grown up more than she’d allow
Yes, it seems to me to be a little more like a vacation
Never knew that I’d miss her until now.

Chorus:
From both ends the candle seems to burn much brighter
Guess she saw the flame I tried so hard to hide
Looks like Im the one that got caught in the middle
Burnt my finger
I got there Just In Time To Watch Love Die
Yes, I got there Just In Time To Watch Love Die.

There’s a change of address blank inside the mailbox
And the key shed usually leave for me not here
Yes, its plain to see that she no longer wants an explanation
Guess I should have known I would not find her here

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From both ends the candle seems to burn much brighter
I Guess she saw the flame I tried so hard to hide
Looks like Im the one that got caught in the middle
Burnt my finger
I got there Just In Time To Watch Love Die
But I got there much to late to say goodbye.