Men At Work - Maria Lyrics

Love Men at work 💞
“Who can it be now” is just crazy-good!
Great vocals and sax 🎷

I like Colin Hay, but this song really sucks.

This entire Production of "MARIA", from the writing, singing, acting in the video, how the Video turned out so masterfully crafted.

One can conclude, but I will definitely say that Colin Hay, with his old Friend Greg Ham (Pray he's in Jesus bosom at time of death) were and still are Musical Geniuses.

While Colin right now will remain so...........

This would make an amazing Disney song theme

I pretty much always figured they were a one-hit-wonder, but this is actually pretty good too.

MAAAAARIIIAAAAA - 2010 até Sempre. . .

qué temazooooo!!! cómo se llama la chica que acompaña a Colin Hay? sencillamente fantástica!!

Excelente tema lo máximo

In so many ways my wife was Maria, I was able to dry her eyes, and raised her sons to be fine men. They are all away from the horrible person that her family pushed her to.

Maria has dead in the minute 2.18 xD

linda canción de Maria el acordeón el drama Todo es Genial

why is putin on the thumbnail

Recuerdo buenos amigos que ya se fueron

Accompanied the great Renee Geyer, no less the great Colin Hay, or vice versa.

"hold on to me, Maria" - beautiful

By then they had lost all their original charm.

The vocals , voice fantastic , nitid...

#1 great song

an absolute gem of a song thanks

beautiful , beautiful beautiful !!!

Muito bom ,um abraço do Brasil para o povo australiano povo lindo

I still come back to this again and again. I love this song so much

I love the Two Hearts album (still have my vinyl copy with the gatefold sleeve) but wonder why Colin Hay put a sitar riff on this song.

quando più. anni 80.....................MAI .....adesso avete i rapper....questa e la musica che nn ne vedete mai più..avete i giovanotti che gli sputano in bocca e loro aprono la bocca..le canzone di adesso..che vanno affanculo tutti

Man at work...allways nice

Do you hear that kids? that how the 80's sounded like.

belle chansson !

Maria is such a beautiful song by Men At Work, almost out of character from the other music they did, but it did show off their variety and talent. Colin Hay's vocals were awesome, and the song itself, while it can be depressing, is still beautiful. Whomever did the backing vocals, did a great job as well.

Orthodox men at work ...

"Two Hearts" is pretty underrated....sure "Business as usual" and "Cargo" are better but this Album has some bangers too...

descupe dizer MAS E JÔ SOARES

4:28 - דקות בדיוק - של השיר היפה ששמעתי עכשיו - בהחלט שמגיע לביצוע השיר היפה הזה שלמעלה - 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 - עשר ומעלה .. ובצדק מוחלט ביותר, ללא עוררין וללא ספק בכך - ©©©©©©©©©© ]

Men At Work you’ve really inspired me to do my own songs in the style off yours because I love you guys

Maria♡

@Corinne Howell ♡♥

@Corry Severin
😘💟

@Corinne Howell my mother here name is maria...but we say Ria♡

@Corry Severin
Have you shown your mum..?
😀😉💟

@Corinne Howell yes luv ....♡♥

Ez 💗

Quem é a mulher que aparece cantando em 2:02?

Renée Geyer, eu acho que é ela

Que banda tan hermosa los temas. Son el reflejo de la tristeza de una mujer que por ser humilde viaja a otro país para tener mejor futuro y se casa tiene hijos pero siempre vive con mucha tristeza
recordando a sus seres queridos y su patria que dejó saludos de Perú
What a beautiful band the themes. They are the reflection of the sadness of a woman who, because she is humble, travels to another country to have a better future and marries her children but always lives with a lot of sadness ( greeting for Perú )

Anyone know who the lady is singing on this amazing song.

Renée Geyer, i guess

Underrated song

From an underrated album

Perhaps to the musical morons, that know NO better, but to us true fans, as well as the fans "In The Know", this song is in my Top 10 of ALL-TIME, and I'm all over the place with that, so Top 10 is silly Masterpiece worthy!

God Bless You Colin, may the LORD CHRIST JESUS continue to watch over your life, whether you are conscious of that fact, or not....

This song and video is a real gem 👌💎🏆. I can never stop watching it over and over again . Men at work are spectacular 🙌. Warm hugs from Valencia, Spain 😊😉

Buen tema lo unico y lo mejor de todos los tiempos

I never seen this video

No like this song Men at work .. similar artists playlist ..

What a lovely song! Watching the late, great Greg Ham brings me sadness. Those arseholes at Larrikin music have blood on their hands

They're scum of the earth, that publishing company. Cost Colin Hay and Ron Strykert so much money in legal fees. Pretty much made Greg Ham terminally depressed.

@Jim Bailey Knew not of this, can you please explain so I can understand what went down. Sorry, I don't Wikepedia. Iddit be real cool to get it from someone that knows that history.

Thank You kindly and in advance! Colin & Greg Ham in my opinion, in their short time together, put out Gems that truly inspired and made you satisfied when their stuff done hit all your 'faculties'

Amazing

what is that instrument at the beginning of the song?

TheKrensada Banjo I think

Kazooie?

ONE OF ANOTHER MASTERWORKS MEN AT WORKS,..MARIA..

🎶💓🎶

Maria was born in the country
She loved her homeland
Maria was from a poor family
For their girl they had greater plans

Across the sea not yet twenty
Sailed our Maria, a man to see
Perhaps marry dreams our Maria
This was to be eventually for our Maria

Maria made plans for the future
Sh had sons to her man
Maria grew sad as the years passed
She did not understand
You must believe me
Though its not easy, trust in me
My life's been wasted
There's nothing sacred I can see
Though we're together
It seems we've never known the way
These lives we started
Now broken hearted everyday

Maria works in the factory
She makes shoes for the man
Maria lives for her family
Now she does what she can.

Hold on to me
Hold on to me Maria
For this was to be
A tragedy for our Maria

Oh Maria don't you cry
Oh Maria dry your eyes

Can I just tell you I am really crushin on Colin Hay

looks romanian. Or countryside of russia. I like the "down under" "blue for you" and "who can it be now" best!.. her plait makes me miss my longer hair lol it's more like when she chops it off, presently. This was done 1 year prior to my entering into this straniera terra di noi! And santa merda that the bit where they turn and she does the half smile with him at 1:24 mins into this, reminds me of me.. 6 anni fa... ^_^" minus the white gown lol ^_^"

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MUITO BOM MEN AT WORK FODA PRA CARALHO

In the thumbnail Colin Haye looks like Vladmir Putin.

men at work e para sempre

Do y'all know that aid/food/goods have to be smuggled into Mexico using cartel tunnels ?

Just damn Trump's Wall

Soy Chihuahuense !

WE know la frontera

did you know that men at work was gay

they dont care

Leanne Anthon all of them?

that explains all the shorts and white socks in land down under

@Merlin That was fashion at that time, nothing to do with being gay

fucking love it,  years have gone by but this is a classic! class and thanks

sad song :'(

+HURST STUDIOS 《Movies/Games/Reactions/ECT.》 no worries.. its not you. :-)

should be "your" not you're because it means "you are"

+Coronatus then burn

A beautiful and very underrated song. Watching Greg Ham on the accordion reminds me what a talented musician he was. Thanks Men At Work for so much great music.

And the sitar... that instrument was largely out of fashion since 1967!

ref: Juan Gabriel (y Julion Alvarez ?)

EN LA FRONTERA

Es difirente

Perdoneme por favor ...
A final comment....

WE will survive & prosper as long as we "hold on" like Maria

Soy Chihuahuense rosado (desde El Paso del Norte del Rio Bravo)

IF folks wanna draw lines again ... ...
wanna build walls with big talk ....

THIS IS MY HOME (even if I resort to SPANGLISH to express my heart)...

Don't underestimate OUR resilience to stay Free from ALL pressures

Soy Chihuahuense rosado (desde El Paso del Norte del Rio Bravo)

IF folks wanna draw lines again ... ...
wanna build walls with big talk ....

THIS IS MY HOME (even if I resort to SPANGLISH to express my heart)...

Don't underestimate OUR resilience to stay Free from ALL pressures

Donald Trump (& Hillary, for that matter) have NO idea what life is en la frontera !

He is the 45th!!!

Deal with it, or like always, go to a corner in some City, and gather up or done meet up with a bunch of unemployed, college dropouts, or tuition completely/utterly financed by idiotic parents college losers, purely secular humanist society scabs, and hold placards and signs while slurping Starbucks (communists) poison, that say "He's Not My President", all the while shedding tears aplenty!

Deal is, and forever factly, Mr. DONALD TRUMP, WAS/IS THE 45TH PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
DEAL WITH IT, You done got 5 more years(as of this posting) to embrace that warmth of beauty!!!!

The GREAT I AM, HIS Select and HIS Elect....... President TRUMP ✝✝

I didn't realize until just a while ago that at the time of this song's production, Jerry Speiser, Ron Strykert and John Rees were already out of Men At Work. It was just Colin Hay and Greg Ham from the original lineup. However, this truly is a great song from back in the eighties.

Rest In Peace Greg Ham!

~Dutch

yeah ive been reading wiki about this all MAW songs as of moment. need to sleep!

This was the last album they made while still holding the name "Men at work"

Yes Greg and Collin were the only band members remaining.

Then they split too lol

Love it!   :-)

2:19 That must've hurt.

Fantastic song

I like music more from back then then now love the song down under

por el minuto 2 ,19 cuando el rompe el plato a ella le da un cristal en la cabeza ...fijense
forthe minut 2, 19 when he break the plate glass she gives in her head

Jajajaja jaja es cierto

si es cierto le pega en la cabeza,quien es la cantante rubia que lo acompaña?

gran Banda

אין לי כל ספק שהשיר : מאריה .. הוא אחד הלהיטים הכי יפים והכי טובים של הלהקה, הזו ..
בין הייתר .. הסולן שר : הלילה לא תישן, מאריה .. אחלה להיט ..!!
מאת : נתן יעקב .. הרואה את הנולד ...!!

איזה שיר .. איזה ביצוע .. איזה עיבוד .. איזה קול .. אכן, זוהי להקת : גברים בעבודה .. אשר הסולן הפוזל במיטבו .. ציון 10 בסולם, נתן יעקב ..!!
מאת : נתן יעקב המצותת ...!!

In the 80s, there were songs made with a certain elegance. This was one of them!

Gogo loves it too

this song is beautiful

Que excelente banda australiana con grandes temas como este Maria ...

Great song.

Though I sometimes wonder if the humorous nature of their early videos made people less receptive to their later singles videos.

*Beautiful story indeed.*

MARVEL MUSIC!IN MY PLAYLIST!VISIT!WELCOME.

My wife is called Maria and everything has panned out accurately in sequence to the events in this song to the point where we are almost on the point of going tits up - I really love her and need to fix it.

+TheCatfeeesh Hopefully you will. Show her love and do little things like "I love You" notes for her to find.

Depressing as hell :(

Nice to see Renee Geyer makes an appearance!

forget the videos.  all their songs stand the test of time,  last heard this 30 years ago as beautiful today as then .crying  both times

What a lovely song.

The girl who played Maria is my older sister. So proud she had this opportunity to work with one of Australia's greatest bands.

...with one of the greatest bands worldwide and one of the greatest singers with the greatest voice. Yes. :-)

Vikki GIatras wow that’s amazing, it’s a shame one of the members from the band died

that's really neat

She really aged fast!! 2:33

Thank you for raises the video, very good song, that tape-worm time without listening... Un Temazo..!

Methinks Maria's Greek.

los 80 i love you

@Domingo Butter te agrego y texteamos in rato

@Domingo Butter si..a q te dedicaste en esa epoca

Era estudiante de escuela superior mi me gradue de 4to Ano 1986

@Domingo Butter yo me gradue de high en 72

i imagined the female voice as a black woman lol:)

+Michael Moore I actually thought it was a dude with a high voice. Haha

My fave song on their best album.

How the hell do you dislike Men at Work?

@YouCantHoldOnTooLong &

@Andrew Dubya ii

@Andrew Dubya Oh yeah, you're right. Actually let me rephrase what I said. Mariah Carey's music is bubblegum pop, but Eminem is just a completely untalented, arrogant piece of shit. All he does is samples other people's music and then raps ridiculous poetry over the top of them. Then again, Mariah Carey sampled the song "Genius Of Love" by The Tom Tom Club for her song "Fantasy". That truly is the most pathetic thing any recording artist could ever conceive of doing!

~Dutch

I like a few of there songs but this one is pretty terrible

No, they aren’t dislikes.. it’s the australians liking it but since the dislike button to them is rightside up to us it’s a dislike. Elementary people!!!

Alguien me puede decir quien es la mujer que sale cantando con Collin?

Guess it's about immigration in the US.

5 months later...I was the 100th like. Yay. :) Although 4 people clicked the dislike button--those people suck. lol

*Maria comes from a poor family - Check
*Across the sea, not yet 20 - Check
*Maria works in the factory - Check

This song so reminds me of my mother. <3

colin hays voice is beautiful