[00:06.49]Last night, as I got home, about a half past ten
[00:12.61]There was the woman I thought I knew in the arms of another man.
[00:18.29]I kept my cool, I ain't no fool. Let me tell ya what happened then.
[00:24.42]I packed some clothes and I walked out .and I ain't goin' back again.
[00:30.42]So take a letter Maria.address it to my wife
[00:36.63]Say I won't be coming home.gotta start a new life
[00:42.34]Oh Take a letter Maria.address it to my wife
[00:48.47]Send a copy to my lawyer.gotta start a new life
[00:54.38]You've been many things but most of all a good secretary to me
[01:00.39]And it's time like this I feel, you've always been close to me
[01:06.78]Was I wrong to work nights, to try to build a good life?
[01:12.51]All work, and no play has just cost me a wife
[01:18.37]So take a letter Maria.address it to my wife
[01:24.70]Say I won't be coming home.gotta start a new life
[01:30.43]Take a letter Maria.address it to my wife
[01:36.41]Send a copy to my lawyer, gotta have a new life
[01:42.43]When a man loves a woman, it's hard to understand
[01:48.70]That she would find pleasure in the arms of another man
[01:55.54]I never really noticed, how sweet you are to me
[02:00.88]It just so happens I'm free tonight, would you like to have dinner with me?
[02:07.18]So take a letter Maria.address it to my wife
[02:13.36]Say I won't be coming home.gonna start a new life
[02:19.23]Ohhhh, Take a letter Maria.address it to my wife
[02:25.14]Send a copy to my lawyer.Gonna have a new life
[02:31.29]Take a letter Maria.address it to my wife
[02:37.47]Say I won't be coming home.fade out