Last night as I got home about a half past ten
there was the woman I tho't 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 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
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 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.

When a man loves a woman the 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 I'm free tonight
would you like to have dinner with me.

So take a letter
Maria
address it to my wife
send a copy to my lawyer gotta start a brand new life.

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