Take a Letter Maria

Last night as I got home, about a half past ten There was a woman I thought I knew in the arms of another man I kept my cool, I ain't no fool, let me tell ya what happened then I packed some clothes and I walked out, and I ain't goin' back again So, take a letter, Maria, address it to my wife Say I won't be coming home, gotta start a new life Oh, take a letter, Maria, address it to my wife Send a copy to my lawyer, gotta start a new life You've been many things, but most of all a good secretary to me And it's time like this I feel you've always been close to me Was I wrong to work nights to try to build a good life? All work and no play has just cost me a wife So, take a letter, Maria, no, address it to my wife Say I won't be coming home, gotta start a new life Oh, take a letter, Maria, address it to my wife Send a copy to my lawyer, gotta have a new life When a man loves a woman, it's hard to understand That she would find more pleasure in the arms of another man I never really noticed how sweet you are to me It just so happens I'm free tonight Would you like to have dinner with me? Oh, take a letter, Maria, address it to my wife Say I won't be coming home, gotta start a new life Oh, oh, take a letter, Maria, address it to my wife Send a copy to my lawyer, gotta have a new life Oh, take a letter, Maria (oh-oh), address it to my wife Say I won't be coming home, gotta start a new life Oh-oh, take a letter, Maria