[Quicksilver daydreams of] Maria lyrics

Well, a diamond fades quickly

When matched to the face of Maria

All the harps they sound empty

When she lifts her lips to the sky

The brown of her skin makes her hair

Seem a soft golden rainfall

That spills from the mountains

To the bottomless depths of her eyes

Well, she stands all around me

Her hands slowly sifting the sunshine

All the laughter that linger down

Deep 'neath her smilin' is free

Well, it spins and it twirls

Like a hummingbird lost in the morning

Then caresses the south wind

And silently sails to the sea

Ah, the sculptor stands stricken

And the artist he throws away his brushes

When her image comes dancin'

The sun she turns sullen with shame

And the birds they go silent

The wind stops his sad mournful singing

When the trees of the forest

Start gently to whispering her name

So as softly she wanders

I'll desperately follow her footsteps

And I'll chase after shadows

That offer a trace of her sigh

Ah, they promise eternally

That she lies hidden within them

But I find they've deceived me

And sadly I bid them goodbye

So the serpent slide softly

Away with his moments of laughter

And the the old washer-woman

Has finished her cleanin' and gone

But the bamboo hang heavy

In the bondage of quicksilver daydreams

And a lonely child longingly

Looks for a place to belong