TV ACRES: My Songs > "Maria" by Jerome A. Holst

(Verse)	Off a rocky crest in New England Where the land it touches the sea Soars a silent, silvery seagull Winging its way to me
(Verse)	It comes in the dark of September And circles high up above I know it's the soul of Maria Telling me of her love
(Chorus)	I once loved a girl named Maria She lived down by the sea I once loved a girl named Maria God took her away from me.
(Verse)	I remember the day I left Spain Maria stood in the soft summer rain I watched her wave till there was nothing to see And thought of the day she'd soon come to me
(Verse)	I arrived on the shores of this strange land I walked the dirt, and the rocks and the sand In search of a home for Maria and me I worked late into many an eve
(Chorus)	I once loved a girl named Maria She lived down by the sea I once loved a girl named Maria God took her away from me.
(Verse)	Time passed by as waves on a beach And Maria my love was still nowhere in reach Of my loving arms so open and warm Little did I know of the impending storm
(Verse)	For as I listened to the wind and the call of the sea The surf and the sky cried softly to me Of a wreck in the night of a ship homeward bound And my soul soared screaming up to the clouds
(Chorus)	I once loved a girl named Maria She lived down by the sea I once loved a girl named Maria God took her away from me.
(Verse)	Now I look to the sky on September eves On the night Maria departed from me For a seagull of silver I know it to be The soul of a love and a friend
(Verse)	As a soft breeze moves my hair in the night My lonely heart soars swiftly in flight To join my Maria encircling the sky To touch my love if for only one night
(Chorus)	I once loved a girl named Maria She lived down by the sea I once loved a girl named Maria God took her away from me.

Lyrics by Jerome A Holst ©All Rights Reserved.