《The Tie That Binds》歌词

[00:00:00] The Tie That Binds - Jim Reeves (吉姆·里夫斯)

[00:00:01] Written by：Roy Carter

[00:00:04] I was standing by my window yesterday morning

[00:00:11] Without a thought a worry or of care

[00:00:17] When I saw the postman coming up the pathway

[00:00:23] With such a smiling face and jolly hair

[00:00:30] He rang the bell and he whistled as he waited

[00:00:36] He smiled and said good morning to you Jack

[00:00:42] But he little knew the sorrow that he brought me

[00:00:48] When he handed me a letter edged in black

[00:00:55] With trembling hands I took the letter from him

[00:01:02] I open it and sifted what it said

[00:01:08] Come home my boy your dear old daddy wants you

[00:01:14] Come home my boy your dear old mother's dead

[00:01:27] The last words your mother ever uttered

[00:01:34] Tell my boy I want him to come back

[00:01:40] My eyes are blurred my poor old heart is breaking

[00:01:46] As I writing you this letter edged in black

[00:01:53] Those angry words I wish I'd never spoken

[00:02:00] You know I didn't mean them don't you Jack

[00:02:06] May the angels bear me witness I am asking

[00:02:12] Your forgiveness in this letter edged in black