Johnny Cash
"Tear Stained Letter"


I'm gonna write a tear stained letter, I'm gonna mail it straight to you
I'm gonna bring back to your mind what you said about always being true
About our secret hidin' places being daily satisfied
I can see you sittin' and readin' it while you hang your head and cry
I just hope you're not so sad that you're gonna go down suicide
I'm gonna write a tear stained letter put it special delivery
Cause it's gonna be full of stuff that's only known to you and me
About how the time I get turned on you turn me off and bring me down
It'll be about the darkest news that ever did arrive in your hometown
It'll be about the saddest thing your mailman ever did bring around
I'm gonna write a tear stained letter I'm gonna tell one more time
That you still could reconsider and come back to being mine
And if you think about what I'm saying it'll be hard to refuse
Just be sure you think a long time on the answer that you choose
It will be a most important piece of personal private news.
I'm gonna write a tear stained letter mark it personal private news
And I hope you'll keep it to yourself and don't go around crying the blues
Giving off a bad impression as to what went really wrong
When what it was was that suddenly the music was gone
And this man and woman got cut off in the middle of our song
I'm gonna write a tear stained letter I'm gonna put it to a tune
So I'll be sending with it a sweet melody for you
And not some redhot upbeat zinger meant to set your body on fire
But a hunk of love included meant to take you a little higher
And to settle on your sweet sweet mind at night when you retire