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