Dear Maria

Oh, shit

I've been faithful, graceful

Fucked up and wasteful

Flying down the interstate

I've been hopeless, broken

Out in the open

With nothing pretty to my name

I've been rusting the silver lining

I've been searching the western skies

I am looking for peace of mind

But there's just noise on the radio

And violence on television

Rumors of radiation in the air

They're playing God in space

And giving bullets to the children

Dear Maria, won't you say a prayer?

Won't you say a prayer?

I've been stressed out, let down

Stuck in a small town

Hope is a heavy thing (heavy, heavy)

I've been helpless, jealous

Young and so restless

Trying to find somewhere free (trying to be free)

I've been racing the hands of time (I've been running)

I've been falling further behind (behind)

I am looking for peace of mind

But there's just noise on the radio

And violence on television

Rumors of radiation in the air

They're playing God in space

And giving bullets to the children

Dear Maria, won't you say a prayer

For the holy?

The empty, the loaded

The burnt-out and suffering

For the losers, the bruised

For the old and the useless

And those shut down by history

And when you're done, say a prayer for me

There's just noise on the radio

And violence on television

Rumors of radiation in the air

They're playing God in space

And giving bullets to the children

Dear Maria, dear Maria

Noise on the radio

And violence on television

Rumors of radiation in the air

They're playing God in space

And giving bullets to the children

Dear Maria, won't you say a prayer?

Won't you say a prayer?

Okay, we got it