Anthony Armstrong Jones - 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 you what a-happened then
I packed some clothes and I walked out
And I ain't comin' 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 in times like this I feel
That you'll always be close to me
Was I wrong to work nights
To try to fill a good life?
All work and no play
It just cost me a wife

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

When a man loves a woman
It's hard to understand
That she would find more pleasure
In the arms of another man
Maria, I never really noticed
Just 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
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

So take a letter, Maria
Address it to my wife
Say I won't be coming home
Gotta start a new life, whoa yeah
So take a letter, Maria, whoa yeah
Address it to my wife
Send a copy to my lawyer
Gotta start a new life, whoa yeah
So take a letter, Maria, whoa yeah
Address it to my wife

Written by:
Ronald Bertram Greaves

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