Live 21 Apr 2005 version
[Spoken intro:] And, this is a song called "Maria's Bed". And uh... it's from the new record and uh... it's a ??? track. Played with the whole band, so I'm gonna have to see how, how I can do this tonight. I will try, but I don't think ??? to it. But uh... first time's first, ??? I don't know. You you you, we'll decide (chuckles).
Been on a barbed wire highway 40 days and nights
Ain't complaining, that'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
Hey hey!
La la la la la la la
Got on a dead man's suit and smiling skull ring
Lucky graveyard boots and a song to sing
Keep my heart in work and troubles in my head
And I keep my soul in Maria's bed
Hey hey!
La la la la la la la
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
Then I drank the cool clear waters from Maria's bed
Hey hey!
La la la la la la la
Hey hey!
La la la la la la la
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 doing my time
Sifting through the dust for fools gold, looking for a sign
Holy man said, "Hold on, brother, there's a light up ahead."
Ain't nothing like the light shines on me in Maria's bed
Well I take my blessings at the riverhead
I'm living in the light of Maria's bed
Hey hey!
Whoaaa
Whoa!
[Spoken:] It's the band building up right now (cheers).
[Harmonica]
[Spoken outro:]Whoa! Alright. I surprised myself, I surprised myself. Alright, I wanna thank everybody tonight.
The above lyrics are for the live 21 Apr 2005 performance of MARIA'S BED at Paramount Theatre in Asbury Park, NJ, during the first public rehearsal show for the Devils & Dust Solo Acoustic Tour.
List of available versions of MARIA'S BED on this website:
MARIA'S BED [Album version]