Maria

verse 1 She climbs a tree and scrapes her knee, her dress has got a tear She waltzes on her way to mass and whistles on the stair And underneath her wimple, she has curlers in her hair I even heard her singing in the abbey verse 2 She's always late for chapel, but her penitence is real She's always late for everything, except for every meal I hate to have to say it, but I very firmly feel Maria's not an asset to the abbey Pre-Chorus I'd like to say a word in her behalf Maria makes me laugh How do you solve a problem like Maria? How do you catch a cloud and pin it down? How do you find the word that means Maria? A flibbertijibbet, a will-o'-the wisp, a clown Many a thing you know you'd like to tell her Many a thing she ought to understand But how do you make her stay and listen to all you say? How do you keep a wave upon the sand? Oh, how do you solve a problem like Maria? How do you hold a moonbeam in your hand? verse 3 (a capella) When I'm with her I'm confused, out of focus and bemused And I never know exactly where I am Unpredictable as weather, she's as flighty as a feather She's a darling, she's a demon, she's a lamb verse 4 She'd out pester any pest, drive a hornet from its nest She could throw a whirling dervish out of whirl She is gentle, she is wild, she's a riddle, she's a child She's a headache, she's an angel, she's a girl How do you solve a problem like Maria? How do you catch a cloud and pin it down? How do you find the word that means Maria? A flibbertijibbet, a will-o'-the wisp, a clown Many a thing you know you'd like to tell her Many a thing she ought to understand But how do you make her stay and listen to all you say? How do you keep a wave upon the sand? Oh, how do you solve a problem like Maria? How do you hold a moonbeam in your hand?