The Letter

Written by Wayne Carson Thompson

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

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

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

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

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

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

Notes:

• Original hit recording by The Box Tops (1967).
• Other hit recordings by The Arbors (1969) and Joe Cocker (1970).

Elton John Sources:

• February 1969 Instrumental cover version recorded by The Bread And Beer Band