[ti:(Quicksilver Daydreams Of) Maria]
[ar:Steve Earle]
[al:Townes]

[00:01.12]Steve Earle - (Quicksilver Daydreams Of) Maria
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[00:04.44]Well, a diamond fades quickly when matched to the face of Maria
[00:12.95]All the harps they sound empty when she lifts her lips to the sky
[00:22.83]The brown of her skin makes her hair seem a soft golden rainfall
[00:31.96]That spills from the mountains to the bottomless depths of her eyes
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[00:41.03]Well, she stands all around me her hands slowly sifting the sunshine
[00:50.48]All the laughter that linger down deep 'neath her smilin' is free
[00:59.75]Well, it spins and it twirls like a hummingbird lost in the morning
[01:09.25]Then caresses the south wind and silently sails to the sea
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[01:18.66]Ah, the sculptor stands stricken and the artist he throws away his brushes
[01:27.91]When her image comes dancin' the sun she turns sullen with shame
[01:37.40]And the birds they go silent the wind stops his sad mournful singing
[01:46.80]When the trees of the forest start gently to whispering her name
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[01:56.18]So as softly she wanders I'll desperately follow her footsteps
[02:05.65]And I'll chase after shadows that offer a trace of her sigh
[02:14.82]Ah, they promise eternally that she lies hidden within them
[02:24.40]But I find they've deceived me and sadly I bid them goodbye
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[02:33.69]So the serpent slide softly away with his moments of laughter
[02:43.00]And the the old washer-woman has finished her cleanin' and gone
[02:52.49]But the bamboo hang heavy in the bondage of quicksilver daydreams
[03:01.96]And a lonely child longingly looks for a place to belong
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