Copying from address book to e-mail

Copying from address book to e-mail

A strange problem.  I have information in the notes area in my contact book that I frequently have to copy from the contact list to the body of an e-mail.  Although the text is formatted across several lines, when I copy and paste it into the e-mail, it all comes out in one line.  Example:

John Smith
222 E. Third St.
San Diego, CA 90000

in the address book pastes as follows into an e-mail:

John Smith 222 E. Third St. San Diego, CA 90000

Any way to fix this?  Thanks!