| Last night, as I got home, about a half past ten
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| There was the woman I thought I knew in the arms of another man.
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| I kept my cool, I ain’t no fool. |
| Let me tell ya what happened then.
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| I packed some clothes and I walked out .and I ain’t goin' back again.
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| Chorus
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| So take a letter Maria. |
| address it to my wife
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| Say I won’t be coming home. |
| gotta start a new life
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| Oh Take a letter Maria. |
| address it to my wife
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| Send a copy to my lawyer. |
| gotta start a new life
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| 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?
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| All work, and no play has just cost me a wife
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| Chorus
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| So take a letter Maria. |
| address it to my wife
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| Say I won’t be coming home. |
| gotta start a new life
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| Take a letter Maria. |
| address it to my wife
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| Send a copy to my lawyer, gotta have a new life
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| When a man loves a woman, it’s hard to understand
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| That she would find pleasure in the arms of another man
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| 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?
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| So take a letter Maria. |
| address it to my wife
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| Say I won’t be coming home. |
| gonna start a new life
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| Ohhhh, Take a letter Maria. |
| address it to my wife
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| Send a copy to my lawyer. |
| Gonna have a new life
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| Take a letter Maria. |
| address it to my wife
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| Say I won’t be coming home. |
| fade out |