SHE CLIMBS A TREE
AND SCRAPES HER KNEE
HER DRESS HAS GOT A TEAR
SHE WALTZES
ON HER WAY TO MASS
AND WHISTLES ON THE STAIR
AND UNDERNEATH HER WIMPLE
SHE HAS CURLERS IN HER HAIR
I'VE EVEN HEARD HER
SINGING IN THE ABBEY
SHE'S ALWAYS LATE FOR CHAPEL
BUT HER PENITENCE IS REAL
SHE'S ALWAYS LATE
FOR EVERYTHING
EXCEPT FOR EVERY MEAL
I HATE TO HAVE TO SAY IT
BUT I VERY FIRMLY FEEL
MARIA'S NOT AN ASSET
TO THE ABBEY
I'D LIKE TO SAY A WORD
IN HER BEHALF
MARIA MAKES ME LAUGH
HOW DO YOU SOLVE
A PROBLEM LIKE MARIA
HOW DO YOU CATCH A CLOUD
AND PIN IT DOWN
HOW DO YOU FIND A WORD
THAT MEANS MARIA
A FLIBBER-TI-JIBBET
A WILL-O'-THE WISP, A CLOWN
MANY A THING, YOU KNOW
YOU'D LIKE TO TELL HER
MANY A THING
SHE OUGHT TO UNDERSTAND
BUT HOW DO YOU MAKE HER STAY
AND LISTEN TO ALL YOU SAY
HOW DO YOU KEEP
A WAVE UPON THE SAND
OH, HOW DO YOU SOLVE
A PROBLEM LIKE MARIA
HOW DO YOU HOLD A MOONBEAM
IN YOUR HAND
WHEN I'M WITH HER
I'M CONFUSED
OUT OF FOCUS AND BEMUSED
AND I NEVER KNOW
EXACTLY WHERE I AM.....
UNPREDICTABLE AS WEATHER
SHE'S AS FLIGHTY AS A FEATHER
SHE'S A DARLING
SHE'S A DEMON, SHE'S A LAMB
SHE'D OUT-PESTER ANY PEST
DRIVE A HORNET FROM ITS NEST
SHE CAN THROW A WHIRLING
DERVISH OUT OF WHIRL
SHE IS GENTLE, SHE IS WILD
SHE'S A RIDDLE, SHE'S A CHILD
SHE'S A HEADACHE
SHE'S AN ANGEL, SHE'S A GIRL...
HOW DO YOU SOLVE
A PROBLEM LIKE MARIA
HOW DO YOU CATCH A CLOUD
AND PIN IT DOWN
HOW DO YOU FIND A WORD
THAT MEANS MARIA
A FLIBBER-TI-JIBBET
A WILL-O'-THE WISP, A CLOWN
MANY A THING, YOU KNOW
YOU'D LIKE TO TELL HER
MANY A THING
SHE OUGHT TO UNDERSTAND
BUT HOW DO YOU MAKE HER STAY
AND LISTEN TO ALL YOU SAY
HOW DO YOU KEEP
A WAVE UPON THE SAND
OH, HOW DO YOU SOLVE
A PROBLEM LIKE MARIA
HOW DO YOU HOLD A MOONBEAM
IN YOUR HAND