Maria, you're the only one Maria, you're the only one That ever understood the way I feel To me that was ever real But keep a light in your window burnin' And yet you bid me go because inside your heart You know I cannot stay Little girl, I'm comin' home some day To turn back the hands of time Maria, if I only had the power I'd spread my wings around you 'Cause all you ever wanted was to love me And, little girl, I'd make you mine So keep a light in your window burnin' In your plain and honest way Oh, Maria, you gave me the precious gift of love Little girl, I'm comin' back some day That I have ever known For when I opened up my eyes, you were gone And then you kissed me gently That ever came my way Keep a light in your window burnin' So keep a light in your window burnin' And now I'm gonna lose the only good thing Little girl, I'm comin' back some dayLittle girl, I'm comin' back some day