Been on a barbed wire highway 40 days and nights
I ain´t complainin´, it´s my job and it suits me right
I got a sweet soft fever rushin´ around my head
I´m gonna sleep tonight in Maria´s bed

Got on a dead man suit and smilin´ skull ring
Lucky graveyard boots and a song to sing
I keep my heart in my work but trouble´s in my head
And I keep my soul in Maria´s bed

I been up on sugar mountain, cross the sweet blue seas
I walked the valley of love and tears and mystery
I got run out´a luck and give myself up for dead
And I drank the cool clear waters from Maria´s bed

She give me candy stick kisses ´neath a wolf dog moon
One sweet breath and she´ll take you mister to the upper room
I was burned by the angels, sold wings of lead
Then I fell in the roses and sweet salvation of Maria´s bed

I been out in the desert yeah doin´ my time
Searchin´ through the dust for fools gold, lookin´ for a sign
Holy man said "hold on brother there´s a light up ahead"
Ain´t nothing like a light that shines on me in Maria´s bed

Well I´ll take my blessings at the riverhead
I´m living in the light of Maria´s bed