From the recordings Alive (2006) and Alive (download only)
Lyrics
Ave Maria
Ave Maria
Maria sits at home
she leads a life that’s not her own
Only sacrifice
given for another’s life
Three children of her own
and one more on the way
She loves them more than herself
she loves them more than she could say
And all the things she would have done, the places she would go
given her own way
Heaven knows she wouldn’t change a thing
not the joy and not the pain
For you I sing
Ave, Ave, Ave, Ave Maria
Her Husband took to the road
then he was long, long gone down the street
She took her children in her arms
said, somehow we’ll make ends meet
And all the things she would have done, the places she would go
given her own way
Heaven knows she wouldn’t change a thing
not the joy and not the pain
for you I sing
Ave, Ave, Ave, Ave Maria
Heaven knows in every life there’s got to be a time
when we all feel the strain
We try too hard, we fight, we bend and then we break
and pick things up again
for you I sing
Ave, Ave, Ave, Ave Maria