The man on the moon is watching 
He has his eyes open wide 
The girls in the street are dancing 
Hiking their skirts up high 
The sailors, they're all drinking 
Drinking cheap red wine 
Me and Maria go swimming 
Swimming in the evening tide 

The [bad word] are in the gutters 
The beggars are beginning to cry 
The sidewalk preacher is screaming 
And waving his bible high 
The actress in the alley is laughing 
She says, "We're all gonna die" 
Me and Maria go swimming 
Swimming in the evening tide 

Me and Maria go swimming 
Swimming in the evening tide 
Me and Maria go swimming 
But we [bad word] out alive 

Blackbirds scatter the rooftops 
Children scatter the streets 
All the babies are in their cradles 
Softly and gently they sleep 
The bearded prophet is speaking 
He says, "The answer is inside" 
Me and Maria go swimming 
Swimming in the evening tide 

Lost souls scatter the graveyard 
Stars scatter the sky 
All the soldiers are showing their war wounds 
And bearing the stars and stripes 
The gamblers are asleep in the barroom 
With a deck of cards by their side 
Me and Maria go swimming 
Swimming in the evening tide 

Me and Maria go swimming 
Swimming in the evening tide 
Me and Maria go swimming 
But we [bad word] out alive 

The band in the street is marching 
Blowing their [bad word] loud 
The widowed wife is weeping 
Like a [bad word] carnival clown 
The sad-eyed poet is babbling 
He says, "It's all a [bad word] lie" 
Me and Maria go swimming 
Swimming in the evening tide 

Me and Maria go swimming 
But we [bad word] out alive