She climbs a tree and scrapes
her knee her dress has got's tear
She waltzes on her way to mass and
has curlers in her hair.
And underneath her wimpole
ahe has curlers in her hair.
I ever hear her singing in the abbey.
She's always late for chappel
but her penitence is real.
She's always late for everything
exept for every meal.
I hate ti have to say it but I very firmly do.
Maria's not a asset to the abbey.
I'd like to say a word in her behalf.
Maria makes me laugh.
How do you solve a problem like Maria?
How do you catch a cloud and pin it down?
How do you find a word that means Maria?
A flibbergibbet a willo a wisp a clown
Many a thing you know you'd like to tell her
Many a thing she ought to understand
But how do you make her stay
And listen to all you say
How do you keep a wave upon the sand?
Oh,how do you solve a problem like Maria?
How do you hold a moonbeam in your hand?
When I'm with her I'm confused
Out of focus and bemused
And I never know exactly where I am
Unpridictable as weather
She's as flighty as a feather
She's darling she's a demon she's a lamb
She can throw a whirling dervish out of whirl
She is gentle she is wild
She's a riddle she's a child
She's a headache She's an angel
She's a girl
How do you solve a problem like Maria?
How do you catch a clown and pin it down?
How do you find a word that means Maria?
A flibberti gibbet
A willo the wisp
A clown
Many a thing you know you'd like to tell her
Many a thing she ought to understand
But how do you amke her say
And listen to all you say
How do you keep a wave upon the sand?
Oh how do you solve a problem like Maria?
How do you hold a moonbeam in you hand?