Take A Letter, Maria

[00:06.45] Last night, as I got home, about a half past ten
[00:13.74] There was the woman I thought I knew in the arms of another man.
[00:20.18] I kept my cool, I ain't no fool. Let me tell ya what happened then.
[00:25.53] I packed some clothes and I walked out .and I ain't goin' back again.
[00:31.92] So take a letter Maria.address it to my wife
[00:37.34] Say I won't be coming home.gotta start a new life
[00:43.70] Oh Take a letter Maria.address it to my wife
[00:49.28] Send a copy to my lawyer.gotta start a new life
[00:55.67] You've been many things but most of all a good secretary to me
[01:01.92] And it's time like this I feel, you've always been close to me
[01:07.43] Was I wrong to work nights, to try to build a good life?
[01:13.83] All work, and no play has just cost me a wife
[01:19.32] So take a letter Maria.address it to my wife
[01:24.79] Say I won't be coming home.gotta start a new life
[01:31.11] Take a letter Maria.address it to my wife
[01:36.93] Send a copy to my lawyer, gotta have a new life
[01:43.37] When a man loves a woman, it's hard to understand
[01:48.95] That she would find more pleasure in the arms of another man
[01:55.52] I never really noticed, how sweet you are to me
[02:01.12] It just so happens I'm free tonight, would you like to have dinner with me?
[02:07.78] So take a letter Maria.address it to my wife
[02:13.20] Say I won't be coming home.gonna start a new life
[02:19.60] Ohhhh, Take a letter Maria.address it to my wife
[02:25.13] Send a copy to my lawyer.Gonna have a new life
[02:31.56] Take a letter Maria.address it to my wife
[02:37.17] Say I won't be coming home.fade out
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