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Scott Walker – Maria Bethania (1973) | Track profile | Dork

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Any Day Now
Maria Bethania

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Maria Bethania

Release date: 1973

From Any Day Now

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About This Track

"Maria Bethania" is a track by Scott Walker, from the album Any Day Now, released 1973. Full lyrics are available below.

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Scott Walker

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Lyrics

Maria Bethania

[Verse 1]

Everybody knows that our cities were built to be destroyed

Everybody knows that our cities were built to be destroyed

You get annoyed

You buy a flat, you hide behind the mat

But I know she was born to do everything

Wrong before our love died

But I know she was born to do everything

Wrong before our love died

[Chorus]

Maria Bethania, please send me a letter

I wish to know things are getting better

Better, better, better, better

Bethania, please send me a letter

I wish to know things are getting better

[Verse 2]

She has give out a soul to the devil

But the devil gave his soul to God

She has give out a soul to the devil

But the devil gave his soul to God

Before the flood, after the flood

Before you can't see

She has given her soul to the devil

And bought a flat by the sea

She has given her soul to the devil

And bought a flat by the sea

[Chorus]

Maria Bethania, please send me a letter

I wish to know things are getting better

Better, better, better, better

Bethania, please send me a letter

I wish to know things are getting better

[Verse 3]

Everybody knows that it's so hard to dig and get to the root

Everybody knows that it's so hard to dig and get to the root

You eat the food, you go ahead

You wake up on your head

But I love her face 'cause it has nothing to do with all I said

But I love her face 'cause it has nothing to do with all I said

[Chorus]

Maria Bethania, please send me a letter

I wish to know things are getting better

Better, better, better, better

Bethania, please send me a letter

I wish to know things are getting better

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Track details

From Any Day Now

1973

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Release year

1973

—Ain't No Sunshine
—Cowboy
—The Me I Never Knew
—If Ships Were Made to Sail
—We Could Be Flying
—Maria Bethania
—Any Day Now
—Do I Love You?
—All My Love's Laughter
—If
—When You Get Right Down to It

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