Last night as I got home about a half past ten

there was the woman I tho't 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 packed some clothes and I walked out

and I ain't goin' 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 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

all work and no play has just cost me a wife.



When a man loves a woman the way it's hard to understand

that she would find more pleasure in the arms of another man

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.



So take a letter

Maria

address it to my wife

send a copy to my lawyer gotta start a brand new life.