Maria's Bed

[Verse 1]

Been on a barbed wire highway forty days and nights

I ain't complaining, it's my job and it suits me right

I got a sweet soft fever rushing around my head

I'm gonna sleep tonight in Maria's bed

[Verse 2]

Got on a dead man's suit and a smiling skull ring

Lucky graveyard boots and a song to sing

I keep my heart in my work, my troubles in my head

And I keep my soul in Maria's bed

[Refrain]

Hey, hey

Hey, hey

[Verse 3]

I been up on sugar mountain, 'cross the sweet blue sea

I walked the valley of love and tears and mystery

I got run out'a luck and gave myself up for dead

And I drank the cool clear waters from Maria's bed

[Refrain]

Hey, hey

Hey, hey

[Verse 4]

She gave me candy stick kisses 'neath a wolf-dog moon

One sweet breath and she'll take you, mister, to the upper room

I was burned by the angels, sold wings of lead

Then I fell in the roses and sweet salvation of Maria's bed

[Verse 5]

I been out in the desert, yeah, doing my time

Sifting through the dust for fool's gold, looking for a sign

Holy man said "Hold on, brother, there's a light up ahead"

Ain't nothing like a light that shines on me in Maria's bed

[Outro]

Well I'll take my blessings at the riverhead

I'm living in the light of Maria's bed

Hey, hey

Hey, hey

Hey, hey