Maria 63

It took me years but then we
 Finally had a time and place to meet
 She looked a whole lot like her mother
 If she was who she claimed to be
 But I had my doubts
 As I walked out of the airport to my car
 Then I watched all Buenos Aires melting through
 The rain pelting the glass
 And oh, Maria
 As a child I loved you most
 And oh, Maria
 I'm not so stubborn now, not even close
 ♪
 I knocked, she led me up
 She filled a kettle in the sink
 Told me her mother bought the place
 After she got out of Berlin
 She weren't staying to thank no Russian tank
 None of her sisters got away
 Some wound up turned into lampshades
 While the rest burned at the stake
 But Maria with her iron cross
 Had fled into the sky
 She reached the old Chilean border
 Wrapped in a deerskin with her child
 But oh, Maria
 I thought that you could read my mind
 And oh, Maria
 I'm no reporter, you have no child
 You see, what I'm sayin'
 Is Maria's here with us now
 And that's 'cause she is you
 And you will live forever
 And it's too late to know
 If the rest is lies or truth
 But I do know you're proof
 That there's no God in heaven
 Oh, Maria
 Who vanished without trace
 Is now sat face to face
 With someone who remembers
 Oh, Maria
 Is it a blessing or a curse
 How all your men die with the Earth
 And yet your life is endless?
 Oh, Maria
 My work will set you free
 It's like a gift from you to me
 By way of deception
 And you can run
 But you'll never get away
 So if you're gonna make your play
 The time is now or never
 The time is now or never
 The time is now or never
 The time is now or never