How do you solve A problem like Maria?

"Maria"

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 flibberti gibbet!
A willo' 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 say,
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?

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