Been on a barbed wire highway 40 days and nights. I ain't complain'n that's my job and it suits me right. I got a sweet soul fever rushin' around my head. I'm gonna sleep tonight in Maria's bed. Got on a dead man's suit and smilin' skull ring. Lucky graveyard boots and a song to sing. I keep my heart in my work my troubles in my head. And I keep my soul in Maria's bed. I been up on sugar mountain 'cross the sweet blue sea. I walked the valley of love and tears and mystery. I got run out'a luck and gave myself up for dead. Then I drank the cool clear waters from Maria's bed. She give me candy stick kisses 'neath a wolf dog moon. One sweet breath and she'll take you mister to the upper room. I was burned by the angels sold wings of lead. Then I fell in the roses and sweet salvation of Maria's bed. I been out in the desert doin' my time. Siftin' through the dust for fools gold lookin' for a sign. Holy man said "Hold on brother there's a light up ahead.". Ain't nothin' like the light that shines on me in Maria's bed. Well I take my blessings at the riverhead. I'm living in the light of Maria's bed