Lyrics

She moves like she don't  
Smooth as   , cool as air
Ooh it makes you wanna  
She doesn't know your  
And your heart beats like a   train
Ooh it makes you wanna  

Ooh, don't you wanna   her?
Ooh, wanna make her all your   ?

Maria, you've gotta see her
Go insane and   of your mind
Regina, Ave Maria
A million and one candle lights

I've seen this   before
In my best   and the boy next  
Fool for love and fool on  

Won't come in from the  
She's oceans running down the  
Blue as ice and  

Don't you wanna make her?
Ooh, don't you wanna take her home?

Maria, you've gotta see her
Go insane and out of your mind
Regina, Ave Maria
A million and one candle lights

Ooh, don't you wanna   her?
Ooh, don't you wanna take her home?

She walks like she don't care
Walking on imported air
Ooh, it makes you wanna cry

Maria, you've gotta see her
Go insane and out of your mind
Regina, Ave Maria
A million and one candle lights

Maria, you've gotta see her
Go insane and out of your mind
Regina, Ave Maria
A million and one candle lights
Legend

Meaning

This was written by Blondie keyboard player Jimmy Destri, who when asked what this song was about replied:

"Desire. Teenage desire because I have a teenage daughter and she's pretty beautiful and I watch all these boys gawk at her. I put myself in their shoes thinking about what I used to do with girls back then. I wasn't a very forward guy at all, I was like from afar and I'd go home and write a poem about her - I was really a sad little bastard. It sounds cute but you don't get any attention that way. So 'Maria' is about desire and the whole idea of using the Ave Maria thing is a way of saying she's on a pedestal, she's almost holy. It's not a religious thing at all, I don't believe in religion really."

(from the official Blondie website)

Vocabulary

Gotta

I’ve got to I have to