R.B. Greaves
"Take a Letter, Maria"

Season 2
"Home"

Last night as I got home about half past ten
There was the woman I thought 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 my 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 comin' home
Gotta start a new life

So take a letter Maria
Address it to my wife
Send a copy to my lawyer
Gotta have a new life

You've been many things but most of all, a good secretary to me
And it's times 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 comin' home
Gotta start a new life

So take a letter Maria
Address it to my wife
Send a copy to my lawyer
Gotta have a new life

When a man loves a woman 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?

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