TAKE A LETTER MARIA
(R.B. Greaves)


Anthony A. Jones - 1969



        

Last night as I got home
About a-half past ten
There was a woman I thought I knew
In the arms of another man
I kept my cool, I ain't no fool
Lemme tell you what a-happened then
I packed some clothes and I walked out
And I ain't goin' back again

So take a letter, Maria
Address it to my wife
Yeah, 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 start a new life

You been many things, but most of all
A good secretary to me
And it's times like this I feel
That you'll always be 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
Yeah, send a copy to my lawyer
Gotta start 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
Maria, I never really noticed
How sweet you are to me
It just so happens I'm free tonight
Would you like a dinner with me

So take a letter, Maria
Address it to my wife
Say I won't be comin' home
Gotta start a new life
Woah, yeah, take a letter, Maria
Woah, yeah, address it to my wife
Yeah, send a copy to my lawyer
Gotta start a new life

Woah, yeah, take a letter, Maria.........FADE






(Transcribed by Mel Priddle - May 2013)