Take a Letter, Maria (Rerecorded Version)

[00:06.58] Last night as I got home, about a half past ten
[00:12.67] There was a woman I thought I knew in the arms of another man
[00:18.15] I kept my cool, I ain't no fool, let me tell ya what happened then
[00:24.06] I packed some clothes and I walked out, and I ain't goin' back again
[00:29.95] So, take a letter, Maria, address it to my wife
[00:36.34] Say I won't be coming home, gotta start a new life
[00:41.80] Oh, take a letter, Maria, address it to my wife
[00:47.76] Send a copy to my lawyer, gotta start a new life
[00:53.41] You've been many things, but most of all a good secretary to me
[00:59.57] And it's time like this I feel you've always been close to me
[01:05.73] Was I wrong to work nights to try to build a good life?
[01:11.79] All work and no play has just cost me a wife
[01:17.22] So, take a letter, Maria, no, address it to my wife
[01:23.64] Say I won't be coming home, gotta start a new life
[01:29.22] Oh, take a letter, Maria, address it to my wife
[01:35.11] Send a copy to my lawyer, gotta have a new life
[01:40.96] When a man loves a woman, it's hard to understand
[01:47.16] That she would find more pleasure in the arms of another man
[01:53.35] I never really noticed how sweet you are to me
[01:59.21] It just so happens I'm free tonight
[02:02.47] Would you like to have dinner with me?
[02:05.02] Oh, take a letter, Maria, address it to my wife
[02:11.50] Say I won't be coming home, gotta start a new life
[02:16.44] Oh, oh, take a letter, Maria, address it to my wife
[02:23.12] Send a copy to my lawyer, gotta have a new life
[02:28.87] Oh, take a letter, Maria (oh-oh), address it to my wife
[02:35.50] Say I won't be coming home, gotta start a new life
[02:39.70] Oh-oh, take a letter, Maria
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