Last night as I got home about a half past ten,

There was the woman I thought I knew In the arms of another man.

I kept my cool, I ain’t no fool. Let me tell you what happened then.

I packed some clothes and I walked out And I ain’t goln‘ back again.

So, take a letter, Maria. Address it to my wife.

Say I won’t be coming home, gotta start a new life.

So, 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 times like this I feel you’ve always been close to me.

Was I wrong to work nights to try to build a good life?

It seems that all work and no play has just cost me a wife.

So, take a letter, Maria. Address it to my wife.

Say I won’t be coming home, gotta start a new life.

So, take a letter, Maria. Address it to my wife.

Send a copy to my lawyer, gotta start a new life.

When a man loves a woman that way 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 l’m free tonight. Would you like to have dinner with me?

So, take a letter, Maria. Address it to my wife.

Say I won’t be coming home, gotta start a new life.

So, take a letter, Maria. Address it to my wife.

Send a copy to my lawyer, gotta start a new life. 

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