Well late last
night as I got home,
home about 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 you what happened then
I pack some clothes and I walk right out
And I ain't a -goin' back again
So take a letter, Maria
Address it to my wife
Say I won't be comin' 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
Hey, you've been many things
but most of all a good secretary to me
And it's times like this
I feel you've always been close to me
Was I wrong to work nights
to try to build a good life?
It seems that all work and no play
has just cost me a wife
So take a letter, Maria,
dress it to my wife
Say I won't be coming home,
I gotta start a new life
So take a letter, Maria,
dress it to my wife
Send a copy to my lawyer,
I'm gonna start a new life
When a man loves a woman that way,
it's simply hard to understand
That she would find more pleasure
in the arms of another man
Well, I never really noticed
how sweet you are to me
And it just so happens
I'm free tonight
Would you like to have dinner with me?
Hey, take a letter, Maria
Address it to my wife
Say I won't be coming home
I gotta start a new life
Yeah, take a letter, Maria
Address it to my wife
Send a copy to my lawyer
Drop a copy to my lawyer
Ship a copy to my lawyer
Gon na start a