as I got home,
just about half past ten
There was a woman I thought I knew,
in the arms of another man
Count my crew and I ain't a fool
Let me tell you what happened then
I pack some clothes and I walk out
And I ain't going back again
I take a letter, hurry up
Address it to my wife
Say I won't be coming home
But I'll start a new life
I take a letter, hurry up
Address it to my wife
Send a copy to my lawyer,
or I'll start a new life
You plan many things
but most of all
what a good secretary can be
Times like this
I really feel
that you'll always be close to me
Once I wrote the whole night
to try to live a good life
Hard work and no pay
has cost me a very good vibe
Well, take a letter, Maria,
address it to my wife
Say I won't be coming home,
I gotta start a new life
Well, take a letter, Maria,
address it to my wife
Say I won't be coming home,
I gotta start a new life
When a man loves a woman now,
it's hard to understand
That she could find more pleasure
in the arms of another man
No folks really know
how sweet you are to me
It just so happened
that I'm free tonight
Would you like to have a dinner with me?
I'll send a letter, Maria,
a letter to my wife
Say you want me coming home,
gotta start a new life
I'll take a letter, Maria,
a letter to my wife
Send a copy to my lawyer,
gotta start a new life
I'll take a letter, Maria,
a letter to my wife
Say you want me, come on home
Gotta start a new life
Take a letter, Maria
Address it to my wife
Send a copy to my lawyer
Gotta start a new life
Take a letter, Maria
Address it to my wife
Say you want me, come on home
Gotta start a new life
It took a lot of sweat, yeah
Addressed it to my wife
Say I won't be comin' home
I'd rather spend the night