At the time this song was written one of the members of Blondie was dating actress Regina Russell. He contributed to this song and the original lyrics (which I have on the vinyl version of this album) was "Regina - Ave Maria". According to her the song was about their relationship. (Several other lyric oriented websites have the "Regina" as opposed to "Latina" in the chorus.) I've heard Debbie Harry sing both versions (Regina and Latina) live in concert.
At the time this song was written one of the members of Blondie was dating actress Regina Russell. He contributed to this song and the original lyrics (which I have on the vinyl version of this album) was "Regina - Ave Maria". According to her the song was about their relationship. (Several other lyric oriented websites have the "Regina" as opposed to "Latina" in the chorus.) I've heard Debbie Harry sing both versions (Regina and Latina) live in concert.