"Some people come into our lives and quickly go. 
Some stay for awhile and leave footprints on our hearts. 
And we are never, ever the same."

--- Anonymous

THE LETTER

(The Box Tops)

- written by Wayne Carson Thompson
- #1 hit for The Box Tops in 1967



Gimme a ticket for an aeroplane
Ain't got time to take a fast train
Lonely days are gone, I'm a-goin' home
My baby, just-a wrote me a letter

I don't care how much money I gotta spend
Got to get back to baby again
Lonely days are gone, I'm a-goin' home
My baby, just-a wrote me a letter

Well, she wrote me a letter
Said she couldn't live without me no more
Listen mister, can't you see I got to get back
To my baby once-a more
Anyway, yeah!

Gimme a ticket for an aeroplane
Ain't got time to take a fast train
Lonely days are gone, I'm a-goin' home
My baby, just-a wrote me a letter

Well, she wrote me a letter
Said she couldn't live without me no more
Listen mister, can't you see I got to get back
To my baby once-a more
Anyway, yeah!

Gimme a ticket for an aeroplane
Ain't got time to take a fast train
Lonely days are gone, I'm a-goin' home
My baby, just-a wrote me a letter
My baby, just-a wrote me a letter

"The Letter" lyrics (The Boxtops) courtesy of http://www.lyricsxp.com/lyrics/t/the_letter_the_box_tops.html
at the suggestion of Dave Spriggs ('64) of VA - 08/14/03
Thanks, Dave!

"The Letter" midi (The Boxtops) courtesy of http://meltingpot.fortunecity.com/oregon/937/midi_line1.html
also at the suggestion of Dave Spriggs ('64) of VA - 08/14/03
Thanks again, Dave!