Hey Maria with your kind eyes,
Laugh through the day time.
Night comes, she cries.

I am just a rider on this rough road,
Driving some smoke up from old Mexico.

Oh Maria, whiskey and rye.
Walking up the stairs with a man twice her size.
If I had money, I'd buy her a rose.
Dress her in gold from her head to her toes.

Yeah Maria sparkles like sunlight on a lake.
Every time she passes by, it's all that I can take.
Maria, oh oh oh. Maria, oh oh oh.

Oh Maria stays out of the sun.
Waits for the rain to fall down on her tongue.
Hey Maria, give me a smile.
Let me come over and stay for awhile.

Yeah Maria sparkles like sunshine on a lake.
Every time she passes by, it's all that I can take.
Maria, oh oh oh.
Maria, oh oh oh.

Maria, oh oh oh.
Maria, oh oh oh.

Yeah Maria, send me a smile.
Let me come over and stay for awhile.

Copyright: Wixen Music Publishing
Writer(s): TOM PETTY