Way out here they have a name

"They call the wind Mariah"

Way out here they have a name
For wind and rain and fire
The rain is Tess, the fire's Joe,
And they call the wind Mariah

Mariah blows the stars around,
Sets the clouds a'flyin'
Mariah makes the mountain sound
Like folks was up there dyin'

Mariah, Mariah
They call the wind Mariah.

Before I knew Mariah's name
And heard her wail and whinin'
I had a gal and she had me
And the sun was always shinin'

Then one day I left my gal,
I left her far behind me
And now I'm lost,
So gol-durned lost
Not even God can find me

Mariah, Mariah
They call the wind Mariah.

Out here they have a name
For rain wind and fire only
When you're lost and all alone
There ain't no name for lonely

I'm a lost and lonely man
Without a star to guide me
Mariah, blow my love to me,
I need my gal beside me

Mariah, Mariah
They call the wind Mariah.

Mariah, Mariah
They call the wind Mariah.

Alan Jay Lerner - Frederick Loewe

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