Oh My Maria

Well, I woke up in the desert with a grin upon my face

I had a vulture tie me up and so I begged him for his grace

I said I’ll trade you eye for eye until I leave without a trace

And at the moment, very clearly, I began to see that place

As something I could roll on over to the side of my own bed

And realize the desert and the vulture are just inside my head

And so I dreamed another dream and listened to everything she said

I settled down to fall asleep and wait for cause to take effect

Oh my Maria.

Oh my Maria that’s some sugar pill you made me swallow whole last night

I made myself remember not the width nor not the height

And concentrate on little colors scattered ‘cross the smoky floor

I don’t want that tunnel vision, I don’t want those pills no more

Please understand me when I say this, I don’t mean to cause you harm

If it’s true that we saw heaven with that needle in your arm

Then why the hell are there so many bruises pasted on your neck

I’d gladly say you had a problem if the cause did not effect

Oh my Maria.

Oh my Maria, have some coffee and I’ll give you something good to eat

You’re tired, yes I know, but if you’d get up on your feet

We still got plans to be arranged, we’ve still got people we could meet

We’ve got our favorite songs to listen to on shuffle or repeat

I know a place that has good breakfast and a drink to wash it down

They’ve got a table by the window; you can see the whole damn town

I’m gonna leave just for a while, when I return, then you’ll get dressed

Everything is fine and dandy if the cause does not effect

Oh my Maria.

Oh my Maria is a woman and a raven on her own

She’s got a metaphor with numbers that she uses on her phone

She’s a target and a customer for dealers back at home

She can’t say no, she can’t say no, she can’t say no, she can’t say no

So as I get back to the motel she wasn’t breathing; she was dead

I tried to wake her up but she insisted in that bed

‘cause she had choked on her own vomit, her eyes rolled in her head

and so I called the ambulance and said the cause had took effect

Oh my Maria.

Oh my Maria things were great, why didn’t I see the problem then?

You were as vicious as a gambler spending all that you could spend

I wish I had a better story, wish this wasn’t the way it’d end

Wish I had someone to talk to but I guess now that depends

On how it feels in maybe three years, maybe five years, maybe ten

I’d done something about it then I’d see you once again

But now there ain’t no going back and this is how I will reflect

Everything is fine and dandy so long the cause does not effect

Oh my Maria.