This is a sad story About a girl named Mary Mac And her wondering lover Bob Needle (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 (Oh! Softly) I can hear you callin' 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 (Oh! Softly) I can hear her holler Oh Yeah Hey Bob