Sweet Maria

If I had a car, we’d drive down to the ocean

You’d call it el mar, and we’d lay out in the sand

And if the sun was shining, I’d cover you with lotion

Talk about the fine things and forget the second hand

Oh Maria, dance a little closer

Close your eyes and don’t say anything

Don’t believe the sirens on Figueroa

Just listen to Carmelita sing Las Mañanitas

Sweet Maria

And if I had a plane, we’d fly to Costa Rica

Land atop a mountain and look down on the world

I’d learn to speak Spanish, we’d eat comida rica

And everything would vanish that we didn’t want in our world

Oh Maria, dance a little closer

Close your eyes and don’t say anything

Don’t believe the sirens on Figueroa

Just listen to Carmelita sing Las Mañanitas

Sweet Maria

And if I wasn’t me, I wouldn’t blow my money

On cocaine mariachi, and we could do all that kind of stuff

And maybe I’d never worry that you weren’t gonna love me

That I’d wake up and find you burned me cuz I didn’t have enough for you

Maria, dance a little closer

Close your eyes and don’t say anything

Don’t believe the sirens on Figueroa

Just listen to Carmelita sing Las Mañanitas

Sweet Maria