Take A Letter Maria - Jimmy Ruffin

Last night as I got home, about half-past ten

There was the woman I thought I knew

In the arms of another man

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 going back again

So take a letter Maria, oh yeah, address it to my wife

Say I won’t be coming home, baby, gonna start a new life

So take a letter Maria, yeah, yeah, address it to my wife

Send a copy to my lawyer, I gotta start 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

Seems that all work and no play has just cost me a wife

So take a letter Maria, ooh, address it to my wife

Say I won’t be coming home, I 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 that way, it’s hard to understand

That she would find more pleasure in the arms of another man

I’ve 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, ooh baby, address it to my wife

Say I won’t be coming home, I 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

Come on, grab your pencil and paper oh, address it to my wife

Send a copy to her lawyer, gotta start a new life

Pick up your pen, told her, take a letter Maria, come on, address it to my wife

Maybe together baby, we can start a new life

Come on Maria, pick up your pencil, take some paper

Oh baby, maybe we can start a new life