Capo 3rd fret

Standard (EADGBE)

Intro

Oh, do you see her?

Queen of the heavens on the move

 Carried over oceans into India

 Seduced by their gods and the heat and monsoons

 How well, how obediently they received her

 But Maria, there's an elephant head in your womb

Oh, they believe in her

Carved her idol into rock

Over time, they married her to Shiva

 On their knees they begged her undrown their crops

Oh Lady, Lady Dolorosa

 Many armed, many nippled mother of God

Santa Maria

Santa Lakshmi of the ponds

Forgot where she came from

Out in Nirvana she was lost

 Draped in rosaries of jasmine, broken veena

Adore, exalt at the foot of a cross

 Where she wept in ivory and silver till

 Her child was reborn on a lotus pond

Oh, do you see her?

Lost in her saffron-scented joy

Eastern Maria

Nursing a blue-skinned baby boy