Tear-Stained Letter

(Richard Thompson)

(Track 1 - Time 3:28)

It was three in the morning when he took me apart

He wrecked my house and he wrecked my heart

He danced on my head like Arthur Murray

The scars ain't never going to mend in a hurry

Just when I thought that things would get better

Right through the door came a tear-stained letter

Whoa, oh, oh Lord, Lord

Cry and cry if it makes you feel better

Set it all down in a tear-stained letter

Whoa, oh, oh Lord, Lord

Cry and cry if it makes you feel better

Set it all down in a tear-stained letter

Well, my head was spinning just a little to fast

It was writing checks that my body couldn't cash

I jumped to my feet, I was reelin' and a-dizzy

I went for the phone but the line was busy

Just when I thought that things would get better

Right through the door came a tear-stainted letter

Whoa, oh, oh Lord, Lord

Cry and cry if it makes you feel better

Set it all down in a tear-stained letter

Whoa, oh, oh Lord, Lord, Lord

Cry and cry if it makes you feel better

Set it all down in a tear-stained letter

Now, I like coffee and I like tea

But I just don't like this feeling in me

It makes me nervous, it gives me the hives

Looking for the truth in a pack of lies

Just when I thought that things would get better

Right through the door came a tear-stained letter

Whoa, oh, oh Lord, Lord

Cry and cry if it makes you feel better

Set it all down in a tear-stained letter

Whoa, oh, oh Lord, Lord, Lord

Cry and cry if it makes you feel better

Set it all down in a tear-stained letter

Whoa, oh, oh Lord, Lord, Lord, Lord

Cry and cry if it makes you feel better

Set it all down in a tear-stained letter

Whoa, oh, oh Lord, Lord, Lord, Lord

Cry and cry if it makes you feel better

Set it all down in a tear-stained letter