Maria is on the corner - working the streets
thinking of ways to make it better - thinking of ways to get out of the city, which is described in more detail in the verses, to a better life where she doesn't have to resort to the means she is now for a living.
It's about a prostitute, in my opinion.
Maria is on the corner - working the streets thinking of ways to make it better - thinking of ways to get out of the city, which is described in more detail in the verses, to a better life where she doesn't have to resort to the means she is now for a living.
My two cents, anyway.