This is a sad story About a girl named Mary Mac And her wondering lover Bob Needle (Group) Oh! Softly I can hear her callin' Hey Bobba Needle - Bobba Needle - Bobba Needle Hey Bobba Needle - Bobba Needle - Bobba Needle Hey Bobba Needle - Bobba Needle - Bobba Needle Hey Bobba Needle - Bobba Needle - Bobba Needle Hey Bob Hey Bob Mary Mac Mac Mac All dressed in black black black Don't cha know I'm tryin' tryin' tryin' Just to come on back back back Cause I took a plane plane plane But there was some rain rain rain And there was no flyin' flyin' flyin' So I took a train train train Oh Mary Mac Mac Mac It went off the track track track Can't you see I'm dyin' dyin' dyin' Just to come on back back back (Group) Oh! Softly I can hear you callin' Hey Bobba Needle - Bobba Needle - Bobba Needle Hey Bobba Needle - Bobba Needle - Bobba Needle Hey Bobba Needle - Bobba Needle - Bobba Needle Hey Bobba Needle - Bobba Needle - Bobba Needle Hey Bob Hey Bob (Instrumental Break) Well I took a boat boat boat But it wouldn't float float float So I kept on a puffin' puffin' puffin' That was all she wrote wrote wrote So I must wear my cross cross cross And I bought a horse horse horse But it just keeps runnin' runnin' runnin' All around the track track track Baby I ain't lyin' lyin' lyin' Can't you see that I'm tryin' tryin' tryin' Don't cha know I'm tryin' tryin' tryin' Just to come on back To Mary Mac (Group) Oh! Softly I can hear her holler Hey Bobba Needle - Bobba Needle - Bobba Needle Hey Bobba Needle - Bobba Needle - Bobba Needle Hey Bobba Needle - Bobba Needle - Bobba Needle Hey Bobba Needle - Bobba Needle - Bobba Needle Hey Bob Hey Bob Oh Yeah Hey Bob