*Für Unsere Maria - *

Geliebte Maria Geser:

(spoken) 

Maria . . . 

(sings) 

The most beautiful sound I ever heard: 

Maria, Maria, Maria, Maria . . . 

All the beautiful sounds of the world in a single word . . 

Maria, Maria, Maria, Maria . . . 

Maria! 

I've just met a girl named Maria, 

And suddenly that name 

Will never be the same 

To me. 

Maria! 

I've just kissed a girl named Maria, 

And suddenly I've found 

How wonderful a sound 

Can be! 

Maria! 

Say it loud and there's music playing, 

Say it soft and it's almost like praying. 

Maria, 

I'll never stop saying Maria! 

The most beautiful sound I ever heard. 

Maria. 

Music by Leonard Bernstein, lyrics by Stephen Sondheim.

© 1956, 1957 Amberson Holdings LLC and Stephen Sondheim. Copyright renewed.

Leonard Bernstein Music Publishing Company LLC, Publisher. 

http://www.westsidestory.com/site/level2/lyrics/maria.html

Video to the Song: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VpdB6CN7jww