Take A Letter, Maria Lyrics - Doug Stone

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 going back again 

So take a letter, Maria, address it to my wife 

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

So take a letter, Maria, address it to my wife 

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

You've been many things but most of all a good secretary to me 

And in times like this I feel you've always been close to me 

Was I wrong to work nights and 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 won't be coming home, I gotta start a new life 

Take a letter, Maria, address it to my wife 

Send a copy to my lawyer, I gotta start 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? 

And take a letter, Maria, address it to my wife 

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

Take a letter, Maria, address it to my wife 

Send a copy to my lawyer, I'm gonna start a new life 

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