The Letter - The Mekons

[00:00.00]THE LETTER
[00:00.20]- covered by The Arbors in 1969 (#20) and recorded live by Joe Cocker
[00:00.40]with Leon Russell and The Shelter People (#7) in 1970.
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[00:01.00]- #1 hit for The Box Tops in 1967
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[00:03.95]Gimme a ticket for an aeroplane
[00:07.24]Ain't got time to take a fast train
[00:10.72]Lonely days are gone, I'm a-goin' home
[00:14.23]My baby, just-a wrote me a letter
[00:18.45]I don't care how much money I gotta spend
[00:21.20]Got to get back to baby again
[00:24.55]Lonely days are gone, I'm a-goin' home
[00:28.08]My baby, just-a wrote me a letter
[00:32.98]Well, she wrote me a letter
[00:34.90]Said she couldn't live without me no more
[00:40.10]Listen mister, can't you see I got to get back
[00:43.16]To my baby once-a more
[00:46.41]Anyway, yeah!
[00:47.02]Gimme a ticket for an aeroplane
[00:51.22]Ain't got time to take a fast train
[00:53.65]Lonely days are gone, I'm a-goin' home
[00:57.14]My baby, just-a wrote me a letter
[01:02.37]Well, she wrote me a letter
[01:04.28]Said she couldn't live without me no more
[01:09.51]Listen mister, can't you see I got to get back
[01:12.26]To my baby once-a more
[01:15.13]Anyway, yeah!
[01:17.19]Gimme a ticket for an aeroplane
[01:20.02]Ain't got time to take a fast train
[01:23.38]Lonely days are gone, I'm a-goin' home
[01:26.84]My baby, just-a wrote me a letter
[01:30.34]My baby, just-a wrote me a letter