They Call the Wind Maria

Words and Music by Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe

From the musical Paint Your Wagon

Chorus:
Oo, oo!
Oo, oo, oo!
Maria, Maria,
They call the wind Maria.

Solo:
Away out here they got a name
for wind and rain and fire:
The rain is Tess , the fire's Joe,
and they call the wind Maria.
Maria blows the stars around,
and sends the clouds a-flyin'
Maria makes the mountain sound 
like folks were up there dyin'.

Chorus: Maria, Maria,
Solo: they call the wind Maria.

Solo (chorus "oo"):
Before I knew Maria's name
and heard her wail and whinin',
I had a girl, and she had me,
and the sun was always shinin'.
Then one day I left my girl,
I left her far behind me,
And now I'm lost, so gol-durned lost
not even God can find me.

Chorus: Maria, Maria, they call the wind Maria.

Out here they got a name for rain,
for wind and fire only.
But when you're lost and all alone
there ain't no word but "lonely".
And I'm a lost and lonely man 
without a star to guide me;
Maria, blow my love to me, 
I need my girl beside me.

Chorus: Maria, Maria,
They call the wind Maria.

Solo: Maria,
Chorus & Solo: Maria,
Solo: Blow my love to me.