《The Letter That Never Came》歌词

[00:00:00] The Letter That Never Came - Loudon Wainwright III

[00:00:06] "Is there any mail for me "

[00:00:09] Was the question that he asked

[00:00:12] Of the postman at the closing of the day

[00:00:18] Then he turned away and sighed

[00:00:21] While a tear stood in his eye

[00:00:24] As he bowed his head and slowly walked away

[00:00:30] Was it from a gray-haired mother

[00:00:33] Or a sister or a brother

[00:00:36] Had he waited all those many years in vain

[00:00:43] From the early morning light

[00:00:45] He would watch 'til dark of night

[00:00:49] For the letter but at last it never came

[00:00:55] So one day upon the shore

[00:00:58] He was found but life was o'er

[00:01:01] His poor soul it must have gone out with the tide

[00:01:07] In his hand they found a note with

[00:01:11] The last words that he wrote

[00:01:14] "Should a letter come please place it by my side "

[00:01:20] Was it from a gray-haired mother

[00:01:23] Or a sister or a brother

[00:01:26] Had he waited all those many years in vain

[00:01:32] From the early morning light

[00:01:35] He would watch 'til dark of night

[00:01:38] For the letter but at last it never came

[00:02:08] Sweet flowers twine around the tombstone o'er his mound

[00:02:14] Upon which was scrawled his age also his name

[00:02:21] Many years have gone they say

[00:02:24] Since his spirit passed away

[00:02:27] But the letter that he longed for never came

[00:02:32] Was it from a gray-haired mothe

[00:02:36] Or a sister or a brother

[00:02:39] Had he waited all those many years in vain

[00:02:45] From the early morning light

[00:02:48] He would watch 'til dark of night

[00:02:51] For the letter but at last it never came