(Chorus)
Oh Maria Maria
She reminds me of a west side story
Growing up in Spanish Harlem
She's living the life just like a movie star
Oh Maria Maria
She fell in love in East L.A.
To the sounds of the guitar, yeah, yeah
Played by Carlos Santana

Stop the looting, stop the shooting
Pick pocking on the corner
See as the rich is getting richer
The poor is getting poorer
Si mira Maria on the corner
Thinking of ways to make it better
In my mailbox there's an eviction letter
Somebody just said see you later

Ahora vengo mama chola mama chola
Ahora vengo mama chola (East Coast)
Ahora vengo mama chola mama chola
Ahora vengo mama chola (West Coast)

(Chorus)

I said a la favella los colores
The streets are getting hotter
There is no water to put out the fire
Mi corta la esperanza
Se mira Maria on the corner
Thinking of ways to make it better
Then I looked up in the sky
Hoping of days of paradise

Ahora vengo mama chola mama chola
Ahora vengo mama chola (North Side)
Ahora vengo mama chola mama chola
Ahora vengo mama chola (South Side)
Ahora vengo mama chola mama chola
Ahora vengo mama chola  (World Wide)
Ahora vengo mama chola mama chola
Ahora vengo mama chola (Open up your eyes)

Maria you know you're my lover
When the wind blows I can feel you
Through the weather and even when we are apart
It still feels like we are together

(Chorus)

Hey Hey
Bye Bye Bye
Bye Bye
Bye Bye
Oh Oh

I'm doin' this tonight
You're probably gonna start a fight
I know this can't be right
Hey baby come on!
I loved you endlessly
When you weren't there for me
So now it's time to leave
And make it alone

(Bridge)
I know that I can't take no more
It ain't no lie
I wanna see you out that door
Baby bye bye bye (bye bye)

(Chorus)
Don't wanna be a fool for you
Just another player in your game for two
You may hate me, but it ain't no lie
Baby bye bye bye (bye bye)
Don't really wanna make it tough
I'm just wanna tell you that I had enough
Might sound crazy, but it ain't no lie
Baby bye bye bye (bye bye)

Oh Oh
You just hit me with the truth
Now girl your more than welcome to
Give me one good reason
Baby come on
I lived for you and me
And now I really come to see
That life would be much better
Once your gone

(Bridge)

(Chorus)

I'm givin' up, I know for sure
I don't wanna be the reason for your love no more
bye bye
I'm checkin' out i'm signin' off
I don't wanna be the loser & I've had enough

I don't wanna be your fool
In this game for two
So I'm leavin' you behind

Bye bye bye

I don't wanna make it tough
(make it tough)
But I've had enough
(bye bye)
And it ain't no lie
(bye bye)

Don't wanna be a fool for you
Just another player in your game for two
I don't wanna be your fool
But it ain't no lie
Baby bye bye bye (bye bye)
Don't really wanna make it tough
I just wanna tell you that i had enough
Might sound crazy, but it ain't no lie
Bye bye bye (bye bye)

(Chorus)
Say my name, say my name
If no one is around you
Say baby I love you
If you aint runnin game
Say my name, say my name
You actin kinda shady
Aint callin me baby
Why the sudden change?

Say my name, say my name
If no one is around you
Say baby i love you
If you aint runnin game
Say my name, say my name
you actin kinda shady
aint callin me baby
Better say my name!

Verse 1:
Any other day i would call
You would say, baby how's your day ?
But today it aint the same
Every other word is
Uh Huh, Yea Okay,
Could it be that you,
Are at the crib with anotha lady?
If you took it there first of all
Let me say, i am not the one
To sit around and be played
So prove your self to me,
Or the girl that you claim
Why don't you say the thangs
That you said to me yesterday?

Bridge:
I know you say that i am assuming things
Something's going down thats the way it seems
Shouldn't be the reason why you're acting strange
If nobody's holding you back from me
Cause I know how you usually do
When you say everything to me times two
Why can't you just tell the truth?
If somebody's there then tell me who

(Chorus)

What is up with this?
Tell the truth, who you with ?
How would you like it if
I came over with my clique
Don't try to change it now
See you gotta bounce
When two seconds ago
You just got in the house.
It's hard to believe that you,
Are at home, by yourself
When i just heard the voice
Heard the voice of someone else.
Just this question
Why do you feel you gotta lie?
Gettin caught up in your game
When you can not say my name

(Bridge)

(Chorus)

Where my ladies at (yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah)
Can you say that come on (yeah yeah yeah yeah, yeah yeah yeah yeah, yeah yeah yeah)
All the girls say (yeah yeah yeah yeah, yeah yeah yeah yeah)
What i cant hear you (yeah yeah yeah yeah)
All my ladies say (yeah yeah yeah yeah, yeah yeah yeah yeah)
All the girls say (yeah yeah yeah yeah, yeah yeah yeah)
Break it down oh-ooh-oh-ooh....
DC take it to the bridge
Come on

(Bridge)
(Chorus x2)

A long long time ago
I can still remember how
That music used to make me smile
And I knew if I had my chance
That I could make those people dance
And maybe they'd be happy for a while
But February made me shiver
With every paper I'd deliver
Bad news on the doorstep
I couldn't take one more step
I can't remember if I cried
When I read about his widowed bride
But something touched me deep inside
The day the music died*
So...

(Chorus)
Bye, bye Miss American Pie
Drove my Chevy to the levee but the levee was dry
Them good ole boys were drinking whiskey and rye
Singin' this'll be the day that I die
This'll be the day that I die

Did you write the book of love
And do you have faith in God above
If the Bible tells you so?
Now do you believe in rock and roll?
Can music save your mortal soul?
And can you teach me how to dance real slow?

Well, I know that you're in love with him
'cause I saw you dancin' in the gym
You both kicked off your shoes
Man, I dig those rhythm and blues
I was a lonely teenage broncin' buck
With a pink carnation and a pickup truck
But I knew I was out of luck
The day the music died
I started singin'

(Chorus)

Now, for ten years we've been on our own
And moss grows fat on a rolling stone
But, that's not how it used to be
When the jester sang for the king and queen
In a coat he borrowed from James Dean
And a voice that came from you and me
Oh and while the king was looking down
The jester stole his thorny crown
The courtroom was adjourned
No verdict was returned
And while Lenin read a book on Marx
The quartet practiced in the park
And we sang dirges in the dark
The day the music died
We were singin'

(Chorus)

Helter skelter in a summer swelter
The birds flew off with a fallout shelter
Eight miles high and falling fast
Landed flat on the grass
The players tried for a forward pass
With the jester on the sidelines in a cast
Now the half-time air was sweet perfume
While sergeants played a marching tune
We all got up to dance
Oh, but we never got the chance
'Cause the players tried to take the field
The marching band refused to yield
Do you recall what was revealed
The day the music died?
We started singin'

(Chorus)

Oh, and there we were all in one place
A generation lost in space
With no time left to start again
So come on Jack be nimble, Jack be quick
Jack Flash sat on a candlestick
'cause fire is the devil's only friend
And as I watched him on the stage
My hands were clenched in fists of rage
No angel born in Hell
Could break that Satan's spell
And as the flames climbed high into the night
To light the sacrificial rite
I saw Satan laughing with delight
The day the music died
He was singin'

(Chorus)

I met a girl who sang the blues
And I asked her for some happy news
But she just smiled and turned away
I went down to the sacred store
Where I'd heard the music years before
But the man there said the music wouldn't play
And in the streets the children screamed
The lovers cried, and the poets dreamed
But not a word was spoken
The church bells all were broken
And the three men I admire most-
the Father, Son, and the Holy Ghost-
They caught the last train for the coast
The day the music died
And they were singing

(Chorus, 2x)

*"The day the music died" was February 3, 1959 when a plane crash killed Buddy Holly, the Big Bopper, and Ritchie Valens.

When I was young
I never needed anyone
And makin’ love was just for fun
Those days are gone

Livin’ alone
I think of all the friends I’ve known
But when I dial the telephone
Nobody’s home

(Chorus)
All by myself
Don’t wanna be
all by myself anymore

Hard to be sure
Some times I feel so insecure
And love so distant and obscure
Remains the cure

(Chorus x2)

(Piano)

When I was young
I never needed anyone
And makin’ love was just for fun
Those days are gone

(Chorus until fadeout)