Blondie Songs - Maria Lyrics

Blondie - Maria

Blondie - Maria Youtube Music Videos and Lyrics

Album: No Exit
Released: 1999

Maria Lyrics

She walks like she don't care.
Smooth as silk, cool as air.
Ooh, it makes you wanna cry.

She doesn't know your name and your heart beats like a subway train.
Ooh, it makes you wanna die.

Ooh, don't you wanna take her?
Wanna make her all your own?

Maria.
You've gotta see her!
Go insane and out of your mind.
Latina.
Ave maria.
A million and one candle lights.

Ive seen this thing before.
In my best friend and the boy next door.
Fool for love and fool of fire.

Wont come in from the rain.
Sees oceans running down the drain.
Blue as ice and desire.

Don't you wanna make her?
Ooh, don't you wanna take her home?

Maria.
You've gotta see her!
Go insane and out of your mind.
Latina.
Ave maria.
A million and one candle lights.

Ooh, don't you wanna break her?
Ooh, don't you wanna take her home?

She walks like she don't care.
You wanna take her everywhere.
Ooh, it makes you wanna cry.

She walks like a she don't care.
Walking on imported air.
Ooh, it makes you wanna die.

Maria.
You've gotta see her!
Go insane and out of your mind.
Latina.
Ave maria.
A million and one candle lights.

Maria.
You've gotta see her!
Go insane and out of your mind.
Latina.
Ave maria.
A million and one candle lights.

Maria.
You've gotta see her!
Go insane and out of your mind.
Regina.
Ave maria.
A million and one candle lights.

Maria.
You've gotta see her!
Go insane and out of your mind.
Latina.
Ave maria.
A million and one candle lights.

Writer/s: FRANCO, LILIA
Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Maria

This was written by Blondie keyboard player Jimmy Destri, who when asked what this song was about replied: "Desire. Teenage desire because I have a teenage daughter and she's pretty beautiful and I watch all these boys gawk at her. I put myself in their shoes thinking about what I used to do with girls back then. I wasn't a very forward guy at all, I was like from afar and I'd go home and write a poem about her - I was really a sad little bastard. It sounds cute but you don't get any attention that way. So 'Maria' is about desire and the whole idea of using the Ave Maria thing is a way of saying she's on a pedestal, she's almost holy. It's not a religious thing at all, I don't believe in religion really." (from the official Blondie website - thanks, Simon - welling, England)

This was Blondie's comeback song - their lead singer Debbie Harry was 53 when it was released. The band re-formed in 1998 for a tour and album after breaking up in 1982. The new version of the band was made up of original members Chris Stein (guitar) and Deborah Harry (vocals) as well as former members Jimmy Destri (keyboards) and Clem Burke (drums) along with two new members. The band was gone for about a generation, which meant there were a lot of new fans who were just discovering Blonde and hearing their earlier hits for the first time.

When this hit #1 in the UK, Blondie became the first act to have #1s in the UK in the '70s, '80s and '90s.

This may seem like a great Karaoke choice, but it's more challenging to sing than many people think. Says Debbie Harry, "It has undone many a Karaoke singer. And me."