I'm sitting home alone in sorrow and misery Wishing that my Maria, oh, was here to comfort me Forgetting like the raven She said never never more more Then suddenly there came a knock upon a door And the voice said, I got a message from Maria I open me Once again I can see her I got a message from Maria I hope she's asking me to free her Listen to me good now Maria wrote and said my love for you still lingers on But by the time you read this letter, honey, I may be gone I saw the teardrop stain on the page while Maria cried Still though someone wrote She called your name just before she died (I got a message from Maria) I cried Because I'm in a sad mood Oh, honey, I'm crying Because I don't know what to do (I got a message from Maria) I can't say no more, 'cause I'm sad