Maria's Beautiful Mess
She fell to the
mattress with the grace of an actress.
You’re falling like a thief from a
roof.
She’s asking for proof , "Are you
staying?"
Outside you hear mission bells.
Welcome to Maria’s beautiful mess,
A cluttered apartment on the West Side.
She pulls the blinds while,
You watch how her dress falls round her .
Chorus
And the world slows, a clock shows
A wrinkle in the flow of time.
And she steps close, her eyes glow,
Lips pop open like a bottle of wine.
And she loves like it’s thirst
Like she’s never been hurt,
And dances just like nobody’s watching.
Is this love? Is it cursed?
It feels like the first time falling
Nobody’s watching, Nobody’s
watching, Nobody’s watching, watching
Now she puts on some music,
She asks you to choose it.
You sang her back a Gershwin line.
Now Ella is singing holy, soulfully
Bringing up better times.
And beneath the tunes,
She’s smiling on an unmade bed.
It’s what’s in the middle that
scares you,
Does it dare you to take a moment and just
slow down?
Chorus
When the curtain falls down
On the prince or a clown,
She’s smiling like the Mona Lisa.
You could conquer this town.
Keep your feet on the ground,
But you’re falling boy you know I seen
ya , I seen you, I seen, I seen, I seen you.
