Maria's Bed (2005-05-15) Songtext
von Bruce Springsteen

Been on a barbed wire highway 40 days and nights
I ain′t complainin', it′s my job and it suits me right
I got a sweet soft fever rushin' around my head
I'm gonna sleep tonight in Maria′s bed

Got on a dead man suit and smilin′ skull ring
Lucky graveyard boots and a song to sing
I keep my heart in my work but trouble's in my head
And I keep my soul in Maria′s bed


I been up on sugar mountain, cross the sweet blue seas
I walked the valley of love and tears and mystery
I got run out'a luck and give myself up for dead
And I drank the cool clear waters from Maria′s bed

She give me candy stick kisses 'neath a wolf dog moon
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

I been out in the desert yeah doin' my time
Searchin′ through the dust for fools gold, lookin′ 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

Well I′ll take my blessings at the riverhead
I'm living in the light of Maria′s bed