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now way out here they have a name

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for rain and wind and fire

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the rain is tess, the fire's joe

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and they call the wind maria



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maria blows the star around

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and sets the clouds a-flyin'

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maria makes the mountains sound

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like folks was out there dyin'



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maria, maria

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they call the wind maria



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before i knew maria's name

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and heard her wail and whinin'

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i had a gal and she had me

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and the sun was always shinin'



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but then one day i left my gal

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i left her far behind me

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and now i'm lost, so goldurned lost

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not even god can find me



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maria, maria

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they call the wind maria