[Verse: Michael Jackson & The Jackson 5]
(Maria) Hey-hey-ayy-hey-hey, Maria
(Maria) Don't you hear me calling, Maria
(Maria) Girl, you know you were the only one
Hey-hey-ayy-hey-hey, Maria
(Maria) Don't you miss me just a little
(Maria) After all you were the only one
Come on back to me, Maria
(Maria) Come on back to me, girl
Hey-hey-ayy-hey-hey, Maria
(Maria) It's been long, so long
(Maria) Oh, since you've been gone
Hey-hey-ayy-hey-hey, Maria
(Maria) Don't you need me just a little
(Maria) 'Cause honest, girl, you were thе only one
(Maria) Come on back to me, Maria
Oh, comе on back to me, girl (Maria)
Oh, Maria, oh baby (Maria), I need you

[Instrumental Break]

[Bridge: Michael Jackson & The Jackson 5]
(Maria) Maria
Why (Maria), why, you keep on running away?
(You keep running away, woo)
Ooh baby, you keep running away
(You keep running away)
Ooh baby, yeah-yeah
[Outro: Michael Jackson & The Jackson 5]
Maria, I need you, honey
Oh, Maria, you sweet little sunflower
Oh, hear my plea for sympathy
I just want you here with me, Maria (Maria)
Ooh, yeah, yeah
If you're on that lonely night
What's my life without you, girl (Maria)
I'm so lonely I'm so blue
Without you darling my life is through (Maria)
Come on back
Maria, ooh baby, I need ya