My Maria (Oh Maria I love you girl, oh my Maria) Maria (Oh Maria I love you girl, Maria) I love you My Maria don't you know I've come a long, long way I been longin' to see her When she's around she takes my blues away Sweet Maria the sunlight surely

My Maria (Oh Maria I love you girl, oh my Maria) Maria (Oh Maria I love you girl, Maria) I love you My Maria don't you know I've come a long, long way I been longin' to see her When she's around she takes my blues away Sweet Maria the sunlight surely

My Maria (Oh Maria I love you girl, oh my Maria) Maria (Oh Maria I love you girl, Maria) I love you My Maria don't you know I've come a long, long way I been longin' to see her When she's around she takes my blues away Sweet Maria the sunlight surely

Take a look at my heart. I seen my old lady's boyfriend. He don't look nothing like me, 'Cept for a bit of confusion; Same kind she laid on me. You don't know what you're getting into; She's gonna tear you apart. You're going places I've been to; You're

My Maria (Oh Maria I love you girl, oh my Maria) Maria (Oh Maria I love you girl, Maria) I love you My Maria don't you know I've come a long, long way I been longin' to see her When she's around she takes my blues away Sweet Maria the sunlight surely

I'll stand by you Won't let nobody hurt you And I'll never desert you Take me in into your darkest hour Oh, why you look so sad? Tears are in your eyes Come on and come to me now Don't be ashamed to cry Let me see you through

You know everybody makes mistakes Don’t let me be yours Boy, you think that you know me Oh, but you can’t see my lonely heart That’s when we find out who we are You know everybody makes mistakes, mmm Things look different in the mornin', oh Would you

Then I'll take care of you So let them talk about us Let them call us funny things People sometimes do I don't care as long As you know I love you Oh, and you know I do I'll be there, but you might not see me It's never easy to get through

(Need somebody, oh) I don't wanna see you go I want somebody to love me Why'd it take so long to know? See the boy, I once was in my eyes I need somebody to love me I want somebody to be nice But tonight, I crossed the line I could find lessons in life

(every time you go away) I don't know go, I don't know go And every time you go away You take a piece of me with you You take a piece of me with you you Go on and go free 'Cause you can't see we've got everything That every time you go away Why you have