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THE LETTER
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The Box Tops
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- written by Wayne Carson Thompson
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- #1 hit for The Box Tops in 1967
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- covered by The Arbors in 1969 (#20) and recorded live by Joe Cocker
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with Leon Russell and The Shelter People (#7) in 1970.
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- these lyrics are as recorded by The Box Tops
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Gimme a ticket for an aeroplane
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Ain't got time to take a fast train
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Lonely days are gone, I'm a-goin' home
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My baby, just-a wrote me a letter
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I don't care how much money I gotta spend
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Got to get back to baby again
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Lonely days are gone, I'm a-goin' home
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My baby, just-a wrote me a letter
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Well, she wrote me a letter
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Said she couldn't live without me no more
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Listen mister, can't you see I got to get back
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To my baby once-a more
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Anyway, yeah!
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Gimme a ticket for an aeroplane
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Ain't got time to take a fast train
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Lonely days are gone, I'm a-goin' home
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My baby, just-a wrote me a letter
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Well, she wrote me a letter
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Said she couldn't live without me no more
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Listen mister, can't you see I got to get back
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To my baby once-a more
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Anyway, yeah!
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Gimme a ticket for an aeroplane
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Ain't got time to take a fast train
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Lonely days are gone, I'm a-goin' home
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My baby, just-a wrote me a letter
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My baby, just-a wrote me a letter
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Letter
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| The Box Tops |
