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 aint no fool Let me tell you what happened then I packed some clothes and I walked out And I aint going back again So take a letter Maria, address it to my wife Say I wont be coming home, gonna 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 Youve been many things but most of all a good secretary to me And its times like this I feel youve 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, address it to my wife Say I wont be coming home, gonna 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 its 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 Im free tonight Would you like to have dinner with me You might also likeSo take a letter Maria, address it to my wife Say I wont be coming home, gonna 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 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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