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. [00:00.60] [00:01.00]- #1 hit for The Box Tops in 1967 [00:02.00] [00:02.60] [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