Adiós Maria

Beautiful flowers are all that I dream of

You don’t know what you've got

So you want what you can’t have

I love to laugh at all of the hours

All the jokes that I know some way make you sour

Adios Maria, I’ll meet you in paradise

Run my hands through your hair at the break of sunrise

Adios Maria, I’ll meet you in paradise

If the good Lord is willing and the creek don’t rise

New Orleans town on my way up to Austin

Dominoes was my game till the day that I lost 'em

It’s a short road here that goes a lot longer

North to south, it’s the same, high water will drown ya

Adios Maria, I’ll meet you in paradise

Run my hands through your hair at the break of sunrise

Adios Maria, I’ll meet you in paradise

If the good Lord is willing and the creek don’t rise

There’s a man that I know, Hill Country of Texas

His name is Ulysses and he’s grown to respect us

He loves his life so all men who can see it

It’s a troubled heart and a worried mind that bring you to fear it

Adios Maria, I’ll meet you in paradise

Run my hands through your hair at the break of sunrise

Adios Maria, I’ll meet you in paradise

If the good Lord is willing and the creek don’t rise