Maria's song

Maria’s Song

©2011 Dan Sullivan

There's a howling wind

There's a storm outside

There's a knocking on the door

"Please let me in" a voice does cry 

From a far off foreign  shore

I hear the small voice of a child

Pleading once more

"Please let me in"

The poor boy cries 

But no one answers the door

Won’t you spare his life, sweet Jesus

But if it’s not your plan for him

He’ll be knocking on Heaven’s door tonight

Won’t you please let him in

In a barrio 

In a border town

80 passengers are squeezed

Into the back of a tractor-trailer

Along with Maria Ruiz

Well, the Border Patrol

Saved most of them

But there among the deceased

They find Maria with her fingers

Still clutching her rosary beads

Won’t you hear her prayers, sweet Jesus

For she’s left this world of sin

She’ll be knocking on Heaven’s door tonight

Won’t you please let her in