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