Текст песни Maria Was Her Name - Charles Aznavour

Maria was her name, we called her Sweet Marie
In all our little town no one was sweet as she
We longed to catch her eye
We dreamed that we might be
Close to Maria
Our sweet Maria

A child of sixteen years, her step was quick and light
She moved our schoolboy hearts to find strange delight
We thought of her by day, we dreamed of her by night
Dreamed of Maria

We watched Maria grows, she flowered like a rose
We worshiped her in vain, we small town Romeos
Yet full of hope we prayed to be the one she chose
To win Maria, to hold Maria

Although she always knew what we were dreaming of
She kept herself apart, she kept herself apart
She said she waited for one great and lasting love
To claim Maria, our sweet Maria

They found her by the road with terror in her eyes
Her innocence destroyed, her dress above her thights
What beast had waited there to rape and vandalize
Our own Maria, our sweet Maria

They tracked the madman down, her blood upon his shirt
Lad from out of town who only lived to hurt
They dragged him through the court, he dragged her through the dirt
He ruined Maria

She never laughed again, she seem to die inside
Like any April rose that ever bloomed and died
What torment did she feel, what fury did she hide
Our poor Maria, our sweet Maria

She lives out of town, that don't leave any trail
She seems to understand that blood will never fade
Now there are those who seem a little bit afraid
Of our Maria, our sweet Maria

Maria was her name, a life defined by chance
She'll never singed her song, she'll never danced her dance
The children mock her now
She gives them not a glance, our proud Maria
Our brave Maria

Indifferent to their cries, she hold the world at bay
With quick and narrow step she her always on her way
Why do they shut her soul, why do the look away
From sweet Maria

Still secretly I go and talk with her a while
I took up distant
And once or twice I won the shadow of her smile
From sad Maria, so sad Maria

I beg her to believe the world she used to say
Some great and lasting love will once come her way
I tell her that is near, just one breath away
And here Maria, look here Maria