They Call the Wind Maria

For rain and wind and fire

They call the wind Maria
For rain, for wind and fire only
And heard her wail and whinin'
And sends the clouds a-flyin'
Not even God can find me
And I'm a lost and lonely man
Then one day I left my girl

Miriam, blow my love to me
Like folks were up there dyin'

Miriam makes the mountain sound

I left her far behind me
Maria, Maria
And now I'm lost so cold and lost
But when you're lost and all alone
Without a star to guide me
Way out here they got a name
I need my girl beside me

Maria, Maria

They call the wind Maria
I had a gal and she had me
Maria, Maria
Maria blows the stars around

Maria, Maria
And the sun was always shinin'
There ain't no word but lonely
They call the wind Maria
Before I knew Maria's name
Out here they got a name

And they call the wind Maria
The rain is Tess, the fire's Joe