[Lyric] Message From Maria (David Ruffin)

[Verse 1]
Ooh, I'm sitting at home
All alone by the telephone
Wishing my Maria were here with me
So long ago, so long ago, she said "Never no more"
Then suddenly, I heard, I heard a knock upon my door
And I heard a voice say

[Chorus]
I've, oh, I've got a message from Maria, yes I have
I prayed, I prayed that once again, I'd see her face
Oh, I've, ooh, I've got a message from Maria
Oh, I hope, oh, I hope I'm gonna see my Maria again

Ooh (I've got a message from Maria)
Oh, oh, yeah, yеah

[Verse 2]
She wrote, "Dear, my lovе for you still lingers on", on and on and on
"But by the time, by the time you get this letter, I may be gone", that's what she said
I could see the tears on the paper
Where Maria, Maria had been crying, yes she had
The boy said "Son, she called out your name just before she died"
[Chorus]
Yes, yes, I
(I've got a message from Maria) Ooh, ooh, I've got a message from Maria
But I know I'll never, I'll never see my Maria again

Oh, yes, I said I
(I've got a message from Maria) Ooh, I've got a message from Mari, Maria
But I know, but I know I'll never see my Maria again

[Verse 3]
Oh, it hurt so bad (It hurt so bad)
It hurt so bad to realise
That I would never again kiss those sweet lips
Or gaze into those soft brown eyes
Ooh, her tender touch
Used to mean so much to me, oh yes it did
Every time I close my eyes
I can still see
Oh, I see her lovely face
I see her lovely face and the way she used to smile, yes I do
All the little things, the little lovin' things
She used to do to make my life worthwhile
Oh, I'm lonely now, I'm so lonely now since she's been gone, oh yeah
I'm so lonely, I'm so lonely and I can't bear to carry this cross alone

[Chorus]
Ooh, oh, I, I've got a message (I've got a message from Maria)
I've got my message from Maria
Oh, I know (I know, I know)
Uh huh, I'll never, never ever gonna see my Maria ...