[00:05.05]She climbs a tree, and scrapes her knee[00:07.50]Her dress has got a tear[00:09.80]She waltzes on her way to mass[00:12.36]And whistles on the stair[00:14.61]And underneath her wimple[00:16.62]She has curlers in her hair[00:19.32]I've even heard her singing in the abbey[00:24.13]She's always late for chapel[00:26.52]But her penitence is real[00:28.91]She's always late for everything[00:31.65]Except for every meal[00:33.95]I hate to have to say it[00:36.26]But I very firmly feel[00:38.85]Maria's not an asset to the abbey[00:43.72]I'd like to say a word in her behalf:[00:48.86]Maria makes me laugh[00:55.66]How do you solve a problem like Maria?[00:59.69]How do you catch a cloud and pin it down?[01:03.68]How do you find a word that means Maria?[01:07.34]A flibbertigibbet?[01:08.45]A will-o'-the-wisp?[01:09.43]A clown[01:11.92]Many a-thing you know you'd like tell her[01:15.98]Many a-thing she ought to understand[01:19.72]But how do you make her stay[01:21.76]And listen to all you say?[01:24.07]How do you keep a wave upon the sand?[01:27.64]Oh how do you solve a problem like Maria?[01:32.32]How do you hold a moonbeam in your hand?[01:44.37]When I'm with her I'm confused[01:46.50]Out of focus and bemused[01:48.29]And I never know exactly where I am[01:52.14]Unpredictable as weather[01:53.88]She's as flighty as a feather[01:55.70]She's a darling[01:56.77]She's a demon[01:57.65]She's a lamb[01:59.49]She'd out pester any pest[02:01.39]Drive a hornet from its nest[02:03.28]She can throw a whirling dervish out of whirl[02:07.34]She is gentle, she is wild[02:09.03]She's a riddle, she's a child[02:10.96]She's a headache[02:12.07]She's an angel[02:13.94]She's a girl[02:18.54]How do you solve a problem like Maria?[02:22.61]How do you catch a cloud and pin it down?[02:26.54]How do you find a word that means Maria?[02:30.47]A flibbertigibbet?[02:31.54]A will-o'-the-wisp?[02:32.56]A clown[02:34.71]Many a-thing you know you'd like to tell her[02:38.72]Many a-thing she ought to understand[02:42.57]But how do you make her stay[02:44.56]And listen to all you say?[02:46.91]How do you keep a wave upon the sand?[02:51.06]Oh how do you solve a problem like Maria?[02:58.50]How do you hold a moonbeam in your hand?