Maria
from You Are All Of These by Deborah Levoy
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lyrics
I'm a busy girl cuz I've got lots of friends.
I meet them on the corner and they take me for rides.
Windows rolled down, a shiny breeze,
one hand on the wheel, the other hand on my knee, and they say,
Maria you are special, don't let anyone tell you otherwise,
Maria you are beautiful tonight.
They kept me back in 3rd grade, they talked to my ma.
They told her I was too slow, that I would not get far.
Special's what they called me and they put me in a special room
with lots of funny kids and the teacher
kept me late in the afternoon and he said,
Maria you are special...
My daddy was a salesman but he never went to work,
he'd sit in front of the tv when I'd get home from school,
and he'd say, Maria bring the bottle and I'll share half with you
and I won't tell your ma, if you do what I say to do, and he'd say
Maria you are special...
Last night I dreamed that the streets became the ocean
and I was drowning in a sea of cars.
I reached out my hands as high as they would go
and I pulled myself up to a sky so calm.
This morning I woke up to flooded streets.
I opened my window to let in the breeze.
I was looking down at the pavement and looking up at the sky,
leaning out my window, wondering if I could fly, and I said
Maria you are special...
I meet them on the corner and they take me for rides.
Windows rolled down, a shiny breeze,
one hand on the wheel, the other hand on my knee, and they say,
Maria you are special, don't let anyone tell you otherwise,
Maria you are beautiful tonight.
They kept me back in 3rd grade, they talked to my ma.
They told her I was too slow, that I would not get far.
Special's what they called me and they put me in a special room
with lots of funny kids and the teacher
kept me late in the afternoon and he said,
Maria you are special...
My daddy was a salesman but he never went to work,
he'd sit in front of the tv when I'd get home from school,
and he'd say, Maria bring the bottle and I'll share half with you
and I won't tell your ma, if you do what I say to do, and he'd say
Maria you are special...
Last night I dreamed that the streets became the ocean
and I was drowning in a sea of cars.
I reached out my hands as high as they would go
and I pulled myself up to a sky so calm.
This morning I woke up to flooded streets.
I opened my window to let in the breeze.
I was looking down at the pavement and looking up at the sky,
leaning out my window, wondering if I could fly, and I said
Maria you are special...
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from You Are All Of These,
released January 1, 2003
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Deborah Levoy San Jose, California
Deborah Levoy's music has been described as fierce and fearless, dreamy, lush, and plaintive all at
once.
After taking time off to raise a family, Levoy is back in the studio recording her 4th album. Inspired by her love of wild places and her work as a climate activist with 350 Silicon Valley, she has turned to new territory to explore our relationship with nature.
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Oct 2014 -
Jun 2010 -
Jan 2003 -
Jan 1995
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