Last night as I got home, about a half past tenThere was a woman I thought I knew in the arms of another manI kept my cool, I ain't no fool, let me tell you what happened thenI packed some clothes and I walked out and I ain't coming back againSo take a letter, Maria, address it to my wifeSee, I won't be coming home, gotta start a new lifeSo take a letter, Maria, address it to my wifeSend a copy to my lawyer, gotta start a new lifeYou've been many things, but most of allA good secretaryAnd it's times like this I feelThat you'll always be close to meAnd was I wrong to work nightsTo try to build a good lifeAll work and no playIt just costs me a whileSo take a letter, Maria, address it to my wifeSee, I won't be coming homeGotta start a new lifeSo take a letter, Maria, address it to my wifeSee, I won't be coming home, gotta start a new lifeSee, I won't be coming home, gotta start a new lifeWhen a man loves a woman, it's hard to understandThat she would find more pleasure in the arms of another manMaria, I never really noticed just how sad I was for youThat hurriedness you made me feelI lost my mind, and then I realizedI'd cross the two-way streetAll down the street to my wifeI never knew you before the manWhy do I always have my eyes on you?You're not my простоSo take a letter, Maria, address it to my wifeSend a copy to my lawyer, gotta start a new lifeNext month we'll start to sign the first chapterI want you to burn someone knowingLawyerGotta start a new lifeSo take a letterMariaAddress it to my wifeSay I won't beComing homeGotta start a new lifeSo take a letterMariaAddress it to my wifeSend a copy to myLawyerGotta start a new lifeSo take a letterMariaAddress it to my wife