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In the south end of the countyNear the highway and the trainsThere's a river long since dried upBut a river just the sameWhen I was just a boyI would the lie there on its banksWith my brother and the summerAnd Maria SugarcaneAnd my brother was born shakyAnd he wore our father's rageAnd he stumbled through the autumnUnderneath the winter's weightAnd he rode a motorcycleThat he'd drive down to the banksOf the river in the summerWith Maria SugarcaneAnd how they loved each otherAnd that love was wild as hopeAnd none would come between themBut my father's wandering ghostAnd I had seen him beat herTime and time beforeBut as I loved my brotherI loved Maria so much moreSongtexteWell, I loved her young and prettyAnd I loved her wild and strongAnd I'd never loved anotherI'd loved her for so longAnd never would I hurt herNever see her meet with harmWhen I told her how I'd found himShe fell into my armsWell, I told her how I'd found himDown there by the river banksThat the angels were around himBut that I was just too lateAnd they carried him off to heavenWith my father's sins and allBut I did not hear the shotAnd I did not see him fallAnd Maria loved my brotherWith her purest, bluest eyesAnd he carried it in paperAnd it never left his sideAnd I married her two summers pastThe year my brother diedAnd though sometimes I hear herI've never seen her cryAnd I know Maria loves meBut it just ain't the sameAs the way she loved my brotherIn those summers on the banksOf the river long since dried upMaria SugarcaneIn the south end of the countyNear the highway and the trainsIn the south end of the countyNear the highway and the trainsThere's a river long since dried upBut a river just the sameAnd that's where I found my brotherAnd Maria's one true loveI knew that I would kill himAnd Maria, she would comeIn the corner of the graveyardNear the spot my brother laysFar past the noble familiesTwo more plots are savedWhen I and fair MariaHave seen our final daysMay they bury her between usMaria Sugarcane Aus Songtexte Mania