I'll tell you a story about love and its glory
  Of how when you're true to your heart you'll be free
  Picture a tropical paradise
  Folks just like you and me
  
  A young girl called Maya
  Was loved by Aliya
  A young man who came from a poor family
  As they grew older
  Aliya would hold her
  Together they dreamed of the day they'd marry
  
  It'sa lonely world my children
  You've got to do the best you can
  If you've found a chance to love
  You'd better grab it any way you can
  
  Young Maya's father
  Decided his daughter
  Should marry a man with lots of money
  She begged and she pleaded
  Aliya she needed
  Now Maya's crying on her wedding day
  
  It's a lonely world my children
  You've got to do the best you can
  If you've found a chance to love
  You'd better grab it any way you can
  
  Picture a tropical paradise
  Folks just like you and me
  
  Down come Aliya
  And scooped up the bride from the place
  Where she stands at the ceremony
  The minister backed up
  The father, he cracked up
  The groom, him fell down to the ground on his knees