They Call The Wind Mariah

Alan Jay Lerner / Frederick Loewe


Way out here they've got 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
Sends 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 wailin', whinin'
I had a girl and she had me
And the sun was always shinin'

Then one day I left my girl
Left her far behind me
Now I'm so lost, so goldurn lost
Not even God can find me

Mariah, Mariah
They call the wind Mariah

Out here they've got a name for rain
Wind and fire only
But when you're lost and all alone
There ain't no name for lonely

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

Mariah, Mariah
They call the wind Mariah