中古年代 聊聊老歌、老人和老故事，留下一些個人歷史的痕跡。 (若有侵權或陳述不實敬請告知，將會刪除或予修正。)

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在婚姻生活中，遭到對方不忠背叛，恐怕都是令人難以忍受的事。而在一般的印象中，西方人在處理這類問題時似較為理性。就像歌曲中的這位老兄，為了家庭努力打拼，卻在某日工作回家晚了，發現妻子對他不忠 ( 這部份並未清楚的交待 )，然後將衣物收一收，出去另外找了個地方過夜，第二天一上班，就找了他的秘書Maria，打了一封信通知他的老婆 ( 副本寄給律師 )，說他不會再回家，要展開新生活，意思當然就是要和老婆辦離婚。可是當寫信這件事才做完，這位老兄就開口要約Maria吃晚餐………。

此曲為美國靈魂歌手R.B. Greaves自寫自唱之作，1969在告示牌熱門排行榜拿下了第2名的佳績，也獲頒銷售超過50萬張的「金唱片」。事實上，到1970總銷售量超過了250萬張。此曲的翻唱者有Anthony Armstrong Jones(1970)、New Riders of the Purple Sage(1975)、Doug Stone(1999)等，雖然也有入榜，但成績均不如原唱版本。




Last night, as I got home, about a half past ten
There was the woman I thought I knew in the arms of another man.
I kept my cool, I ain't no fool. Let me tell ya what happened then.
I packed some clothes and I walked out.. And I ain't goin' back again.

Chorus
So take a letter Maria.. Address it to my wife
Say I won't be coming home.. Gotta start a new life
Oh 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

Chorus
So take a letter Maria.. Address it to my wife
Say I won't be coming home.. Gotta start a new life
Take a letter Maria.. Address it to my wife
Send a copy to my lawyer, gotta have a new life

When a man loves a woman, it's hard to understand
That she would find 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
Say I won't be coming home.. Gonna start a new life
Ohhhh, Take a letter Maria.. Address it to my wife
Send a copy to my lawyer.. Gonna have a new life
Take a letter Maria.. Address it to my wife
Say I won't be coming home.. Fade out