American Steel

The say these colors dont run
But they bleed in your face
like a bully spitting up a bad taste
after being knocked down a few pegs
you sigh as hard as a rock
it cuts your laugh lines absurd
im smiling with irish eyes bloodshot
christmas colored you dont know what youve got
im falling apart at the seams
im mending this fifth of old age
minding these six strings
it dont do me a damn
that you got a pretty face baby
it dont seem to you a damned thing
you got soothsayer nay-saying
red herrings never spoke to us
we dont believe in fate or metaphor
they got healing lips but their tongues are poison tipped
maria, the moment is right
to make them take a step back
maria on your quietest night
well make them rue the day they met you
im whistling with conviction like a young man in love
like a young man with his pride on sale
baby
join the club
well youre just darling
with your exclaimed travesties
its a long road so keep your chin up
you got soothsayer nay-saying
red herrings never spoke to us
we dont believe in fate or metaphor
they got healing lips but their tongues are poison tipped
maria, the moment is right
to make them take a step back
maria on your quietest night
well make them rue the day they met you
i once held a stone also
staring at you naked
daring us to throw
maria you see the good in everything
now i know stones and bones fall
to where they came from
maria, the moment is right
to make them take a step back
maria on your quietest night
well make them rue the day they met you
[ Maria Lyrics ]