Mudcrutch

Released: April 29, 2008

Songwriter: Tom Petty

Producer: Tom Petty Mike W. Campbell Ryan Ulyate

Oh Maria
Hey Maria with your kind eyes
Laugh through the day time. Night comes, she cries
I am just a rider on this rough road
Driving some smoke up from old Mexico

Oh Maria, whiskey and rye. Walking up the stairs with a man twice her size
If I had money, I'd buy her a rose. Dress her in gold from her head to her toes

Yeah Maria sparkles like sunlight on a lake. Every time she passes by, it's all that I can take. Maria, oh oh oh. Maria, oh oh oh

Oh Maria stays out of the sun. Waits for the rain to fall down on her tongue. Hey Maria, give me a smile. Let me come over and stay for awhile

Yeah Maria sparkles like sunshine on a lake. Every time she passes by, it's all that I can take. Maria, oh oh oh. Maria, oh oh oh

Maria, oh oh oh. Maria, oh oh oh

Yeah Maria, send me a smile. Let me come over and stay for awhile

This Gainesville Florida band used to be called The Epics. Then someone in the band suggested the new name Mudcrutch. Tom says it wasn’t him; band mates say it was. It fell apart after moving to California. From its ashes Tom Petty built The Heartbreakers. Later in life, though, Tom got the band back together and they recorded two albums. Some of Tom’s best songs (“Hungry No More”, “I Forgive It All”, “Crystal River”) are on these records.

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