R.B. GREAVES - TAKE A LETTER MARIA
(R.B. Greaves)
Atlantic ATL 70.402

Last night as I got home about a half past ten
There was the woman I thaught 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

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 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
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
Send a copy to my lawyer
Gotta start a brand new life