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Composer: Tom T. Hall

Tom T. Hall - Letters lyrics



One night in the West Virginia mountains I got stranded in the deepening snow

I found important house and took a small room no TV magazines or radio

I've stood and watched the snow fall past the window

And as a traveling man would sometimes do

I've picked up the Bible and looked through it I found the stock of letters tied in blue

The letters had been left there by a young girl there were ten and as I read the first

I found that they were from a boy in Detroit

Who'd sent for her as soon as he got work

The first one mentioned her expected baby

The one and two and three were much the same

The fourth and fifth said that he might send to get her

The sixth and seventh offered her his name

The eighth and nineth were weeks apart in postmark

They were short and asked about her help

The tenth one was a tear stained on the pages

Said that he had married someone else

Next morning I felt guilty when I checked out

As the highway people cleared away the snow

I asked about the girl who used to live there

They said she passed away three weeks ago

Well I kept the letters but I never read them

Oh but somewhere up in Detroit there's a man

Who heard what happened down in West Virginia

And we're the only two who understand
Songs list of album: Everything From Jesus to Jack Daniels (1983)
         Title Rating
01    Everything from Jesus to Jack Daniels lyrics Add lyrics   -
02    How'd You Get Home So Soon lyrics Add lyrics   -
03    Barroom Stranger lyrics Add lyrics   -
04   Senior Citizen Star lyrics   -
05   Letters lyrics   -
06    I'm Just Not an Easy Man to Love lyrics Add lyrics   -
07   Harmonica Man lyrics   -
08    Adventures of Linda Bohannon lyrics Add lyrics   -
09    What Am I Gonna Do With My Music lyrics Add lyrics   -
10    Wasted Borrowed Money lyrics Add lyrics   -
 

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