Take A Letter Maria

	  		
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Last night as I got home about a half past ten 
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There was the woman I thought I knew 
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In the arms of another man 

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I kept my cool, I ain't no fool 
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Let me tell you what happened then 
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I packed some clothes and I walked out 
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And I ain't going back again 

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So take a letter, Maria, address it to my wife 
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Say I won't be coming home, gonna start a new life 
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Take a letter, Maria, address it to my wife 
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Send a copy to my lawyer, I gotta start a new life 

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You've been many things but most of all a good secretary to me 
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And it's times like this I feel you've always been close to me 
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Was I wrong to work nights to try to build a good life 
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All work and no play has just cost me a wife 

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So take a letter, Maria, address it to my wife 
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Say I won't be coming home, gonna start a new life 
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Take a letter, Maria, address it to my wife 
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Send a copy to my lawyer, I gotta start a new life 

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When a man loves a woman it's hard to understand 
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That she would find more pleasure in the arms of another man 
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I never really noticed how sweet you are to me 
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It just so happens I'm free tonight, would you like to have dinner with me? 

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So take a letter, Maria, address it to my wife 
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Say I won't be coming home, gonna start a new life 
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Take a letter, Maria, address it to my wife 
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Send a copy to my lawyer, I gotta start a new life 

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Well, take a letter Maria, address it to my wife . . .