(Guy Clark)   Saint Mother Maria watch over us please   As we wonder around in this dangerous world   Thank Mother Maria there's nothing so sweet   As the undying love of a South Texas girl      (Lyle Lovett)   Three in the front seat they sat on each side   That green-and-white 58 Fairlane it would glide   Down farm roads past open fields seeming like no big deal   As it was happening I never felt a thing      But now looking back it seems like it was everything   Singing with mom just so we could hear ourselves sing   Stealing a drink from the cold can in daddy's lap   Protected by only a small thin brown paper sack      And the wind blew the echoes of long-faded voices   And they'd sing me a song that the old cowboys sang   And I didn't know what the words meant or anything   I was just singing because I was supposed to      Sing Mother Maria watch over us please   As we wonder around in this dangerous world   Thank Mother Maria there's nothing so sweet   As the undying love of a South Texas girl      And with the windows wide open it felt hot to us anyway   Three bound together on a day just like any day   They told me and taught me and showed me and bought me   Whatever I wanted from the corner U-tote-M      They say the name Corpus Christi means the body of Jesus   Pronounce it Refugio city folks they don't know    It looks like Palacios but sounds like    Just listen the next time you're watchin' Sid Lasher      And the wind blew the echoes of long-faded voices   And they would sing me a song that the old cowboys sang   And I didn't know what the words meant or anything   I was just singing      Saint Mother Maria watch over us please   As we wonder around in this dangerous world   Thank Mother Maria there's nothing so sweet   As the undying love of a South Texas girl      And I didn't know what the words meant or anything   I was just singing      And these days with car seats and open container laws   Social correctness leaves no room for Santa Claus   Sitting right next to me she looks like that used to be   Song that they sang for me      And with the windows wide open it feels hot to us anyway   Two bound together on a day just like any day   The wind blows the echoes of long-faded voices   And they sing us a song that the old cowboys sang   And now that I know what the words mean and everything   I am still singing      Saint Mother Maria watch over us please   As we wonder around in this dangerous world   Thank Mother Maria there's nothing so sweet   As the undying love of a South Texas girl      Saint Mother Maria watch over us please   As we stumble around in this dangerous world   Thank Mother Maria there's nothing so sweet   As the undying love of a South Texas girl   As the undying love of a South Texas girl      (Music ends)      (Guy Clark)   Saint Mother Maria watch over us please   As we wonder around in this dangerous world   Thank Mother Maria there's nothing so sweet   As the undying love of a South Texas girl      (Everyone)   Saint Mother Maria watch over us please   As we wonder around in this dangerous world   Thank Mother Maria there's nothing so sweet   As the undying love of a South Texas girl