Maria, I like
our candle light dinners.
And of course I enjoy listening
to your poetry in your dark house.
But don't ever tell me
that I'm someone you must have
and don't ever tell me
that you consider me
as your own husband
For I'll never be yours,
you'll never be mine
We can't own each other.
Maria, you need to forgive me
but you can't go with me.
Sometimes two is one too many
when one will only go in peace.
It isn't anything personal,
it's just what it is.
And I am not a bird
that you can hold tight in your little hand.
No, I'll never be yours,
you'll never be mine:
We can't own each other.
Maria, you cry
Maria, why?
Maria, I can't fulfill you
to enrich you all alone
is equally unreasonable
that you can be everything for me?
There are so many sides,
so many desires one has
I love you but I won't
be alone if you disappeared;
So I'll never be yours,
you'll never be mine;
We can't own each other.