"Goodbye Maria" genre: Folk
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	A lonely song about missing home, wrapped up in a letter to the maid.
	CD: Shadows of Belgrade   Label: self released in Hong Kong (pm productions) Credits: written, arranged, recorded and performed by Paul Meredith. Mastering assistance in Hong Kong from Simon Hui.
	Story Behind the Song I wrote "Goodbye Maria" in November 1999, just after being posted to Belgrade from Skopje Macedonia, doing post conflict relief projects. It felt cold and lonely in new surroundings, and I came up with the letter to the maid idea as a means to express some things in a new way for me. I like the simple folk song approach, it seemed to me something Willie Nelson or somebody like that could sing. The song was recorded entirely in Belgrade during winter 2000, with the vocal track redone in Hong Kong a few months later. I hope you like it. Lyrics GOODBYE MARIA 1. Goodbye Maria, don't know when I'll see ya I'm far away, but please don't worry about me Now I'm washin' my own clothes, and even if the water overflows I'm still much more self-reliant, you'll agree 2. Goodbye Maria, understand -- I had to free ya You did everything, but I don't need you anymore Now I do the cookin' honey, sometimes it's kinda funny what I eat, but that's what microwaves are for You still got my kids, you still got my wife You got my admiration for the rest of your life Some might look at you and say you're only a maid but you're an angel -- if it weren't too strange I'd arrange you in the finest silk and jade 3. So goodbye Maria, now if I get diarrhea I got myself, and no one else to blame Well it's a shame I had to go, but when I cook and clean and sew You know I'll think nice things about ya just the same You still got my kids... 4. So goodbye Maria, nos veremos otro dia That's Spanish for I'll see you again some day Now I know you're takin' care of my dear wife and family there When I come home won't you help me pack my things away Cause when I come home Maria, I'm comin' home to stay c) Paul Meredith, 1999

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