Maria Was Her Name (La Marguerite / English Version)

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