Tear Stained Letter lyrics

Artist  : Johnny Cash 
Song : Tear Stained Letter
 


I'm gonna write a tear stained letter,
I'm
gonna mail it straight to you.
I'm gonna bring
back to your mind,
What you said about always
bein' true.
Bout our secret hidin'
places;
Bein' daily satisfied.
I can see
you sittin' and readin' it,
While you hang you
head and cry.
I just hope you're not so
sad,
You're gonna go down suicide.

I'm
gonna write a tear stained letter:
Put it
special delivery.
'Cause it's gonna be full of
stuff,
That's only known to you and
me.
'Bout how every time I get turned
on,
You turn me off and bring me
down.
It'll be about the darkest news,
That
ever did arrive in your hometown.
It'll be
about the saddest thing,
Your mailman ever did
bring around.

I'm gonna write a tear
stained letter,
I'm gonna tell you one more
time.
That you still could reconsider,
And
come back to bein' mine.
An' if you think
about what I'm sayin',
It'd be hard to
refuse.
Just be sure you think a long
time,
On the answer that you choose.
It
will be a most important piece,
Of personal,
private news.

Instrumental
break.

I'm gonna write a tear stained
letter:
Mark it "Personal Private
News."
An' I hope you'll keep it to
yourself,
An' don't go 'round cryin' the
blues.
Givin' off a bad impression,
As to
what went really wrong.
When what it was was
that suddenly,
The music was all gone.
And
this man and this woman got cut off,
In the
middle of our song.

I'm gonna write a tear
stained letter:
I'm gonna put it to a
tune.
So I'll be sendin' with it,
A sweet
melody for you.
And not some red-hot, upbeat
zinger,
That'll set your body on fire.
But
a hunk of love included,
Meant to take you a
little higher.
And to settle on your sweet,
sweet mind,
At night when you
retire.

I'm gonna write a tear stained
letter.