TAKE A LETTER MARIA R. B. GREAVES --------------------------------------------------------------------- Last night as I got home about a half past ten there was the woman I tho't I knew in the arms of another man I 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 goin' back again. So take a letter, Maria, address it to my wife say I won't be coming 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've been many things but most of all a good secretary to me and it's time like this I feel you've always been 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. When a man loves a woman the way it's hard to understand that she would find more pleasure in the arms of another man I 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, address it to my wife send a copy to my lawyer gotta start a brand new life.