Patty Loveless

Tear-stained Letter

Patty Loveless


It was three in the  morning when he took me apart
He wrecked my house and  he wrecked my heart
He  danced on my head like Arthur Murray
The scars ain't never going to mend in a  hurry
Just when  I thought that things would get better
Right through the  door came a tear-stained letter

Whoa, oh,  oh Lord, Lord
Cry and cry if it makes  you feel better
Set it all down in  a tear-stained letter
Whoa, oh, oh  Lord, Lord
Cry and cry  if it makes you feel better
Set it all down  in a tear-stained letter

Well, my head was spinning just a  little to fast
It was  writing checks that my body couldn't cash
I jumped to  my feet, I was reelin' and a-dizzy
I went for the phone  but the line was busy
Just when  I thought that things would get better
Right through the door  came a tear-stainted letter

Whoa,  oh, oh Lord, Lord
Cry and cry if  it makes you feel better
Set it all down  in a tear-stained letter
Whoa, oh, oh  Lord, Lord, Lord
Cry and cry  if it makes you feel better
Set it all down  in a tear-stained letter

Now, I like coffee  and I like tea
But I  just don't like this feeling in me
It makes me  nervous, it gives me the hives
Looking for the  truth in a pack of lies
Just  when I thought that things would get better
Right through the door  came a tear-stained letter

Whoa, oh, oh  Lord, Lord
Cry and cry if it  makes you feel better
Set  it all down in a tear-stained letter
Whoa, oh, oh Lord,  Lord, Lord
Cry and cry if  it makes you feel better
Set it  all down in a tear-stained letter

Whoa,  oh, oh Lord, Lord, Lord, Lord
Cry and cry if it makes you  feel better
Set it all down in a tear-stained  letter
Whoa, oh, oh Lord, Lord,  Lord, Lord
Cry and cry if  it makes you feel better
Set it  all down in a tear-stained letter