Tear-Stained Letter
Patty Loveless

(Richard Thompson)
(Track 1 - Time 3:28)

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


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Lyrics by Patty Loveless

  A Handful Of Dust   A Little Bit In Love   A Little on the Lonely Side   A Thousand Times A Day   After All   All I Need (Is Not To Need You)   Away In A Manger   Baby's Gone Blues   Baby's Gone Blues   Back Street Affair   Beautiful Star of Bethlehem   Big Chance   Blame It On Your Heart   Blue Is Not A Word   Blue Memories   Blue Side Of Town   Blue Side of Town [*]   Born-Again Fool   Boys Are Back In Town   Bramble and the Rose   Busted   Can't Get Enough   Can't Stop Myself From Loving You   Can't Get Enough   Can't Stop Myself From Loving You   Carol of the Bells [Instrumental]   Chains   Cheap Whiskey   Christmas Time's A Comin'   Christmas Time's A Comin'   Cold Cold Heart   Color of the Blues   Crazy Arms   Daniel Prayed   Diamond in My Crown   Don't Let Me Cross Over   Don't Let Me Crossover   Don't Toss Us Away   Don't Let Me Crossover   Don't Toss Us Away   Draggin' My Heart Around   Draggin' My Heart Around   Dreamin' My Dreams   Dreaming My Dreams with You   Everybody's Equal In The Eyes Of Love   Everybody's Equal In The Eyes Of Love   Everything But The Words   Feelin' Good About Feelin' Bad   Feelin' Good About Feelin' Bad   Feelings Of Love   Fly Away   Fools Thin Air   Friends in Gloryland   Go On   God Will   Half Over You   Halfway Down   Handful Of Dust   He Thinks I Still Care   Here I Am   Here I Am [Austin City Limits][Multimedia Track]   High On Love   Higher Than The Wall   How About You   How About You?   How Can I Help You   How Can I Help You Say Goodbye   How Can I Help You To Say Goodbye   How Can I Help You To Say Goodbye?   Hurt Me Bad (In A Real Good Way)   I Already Miss You   I Already Miss You (Like You're Already Gone)   I Came Straight To You   I Can't Get You Off My Mind   I Can't Get You Off My Mind   I Did   I Don't Wanna Be That Strong   I Don't Want To Feel Like That   I Don't Wanna Be That Strong   I Don't Want To Feel Like That   I Forgot More Than You'll Ever Know   I Forgot More Than You'll Ever Know   I Just Wanna Be Loved By You   I Know You're Married   I Know You're Married   I Miss Who I Was   I Miss Who I Was (With You)   I Try To Think About Elvis   I Wanna Believe   I Won't Gamble With Your Love   I Won't Gamble With Your Love   I'll Never Grow Tired Of You   I'm On Your Side   I'm That Kind Of Girl   I'm That Kinda Girl   I've Got To Stop Loving You (And Start…   I've Got To Stop Loving You And Start Living Again   I've Gotta Stop Loving You (And Start Living Again...   I'll Never Grow Tired Of You   I'm On Your Side   I'm That Kinda Girl   I've Gotta Stop Loving You (And Start Living ...   If It's The Last Thing I Do   If It's The Last Thing I Do   If My Heart Had Windows   If Teardrops Were Pennies (Alternative Mix)   If Teardrops Were Pennies (Bonus Track)   If You Don't Want Me   If You Don't Want Me   If You Think   Jealous Bone   Joy to the World   Joy To The World (Patty Loveless with Jon Randall)   Just Someone I Used To Know   Keep Your Distance   Key Of Love   Last In A Long Lonesome Line   Last Thing On My Mind   Like Water Into Wine   Little Drummer Boy   Lonely Days, Lonely Nights   Lonely Side Of Love   Lonely To Long   Lonely Too Long   Long Stretch of Lonesome   Lonley Days, Lonley Nights   Lookin' For A Heartache Like You   Looking for a Heartache Like You   Looking in the Eyes of Love   Love Builds The Bridges   Love Builds The Bridges (Pride Builds The Walls)   Lovin' All Night   Lovin' All Night Lyrics   Lovin' All Night   Mr. Man In The Moon   My Heart Will Never Break This Way Again   My Kind Of Woman \/ My Kind Of Man   My Kind of Woman/My Kind of Man   My Kind Of Woman/My Kind Of Man (Patty Loveless & ...   My Old Friend The Blues   Never Ending Song Of Love   Next In Line   Night's Too Long   Nobody Here By That Name   Nobody Loves You Like I Do   Nothin' But The Wheel   Nothin' Like The Lonely   Nothin' Like The Lonely   Nothing But The Wheel   O Little Town Of Bethlehem   Old Soul   Old Weakness (Coming on Strong)   On Down The Line   On The Verge Of Tears   On Your Way Home   On Your Way Home Lyrics   Once In A Lifetime   Out of Control Raging Fire   Out Of Control Raging Fire Feat, Travis Tritt   Out of My Mind   Over My Shoulder   Overtime   Party Ain't Over Yet   Pieces Of The Ground   Pieces On The Ground   Please Help Me I'm Falling   Please Help Me I'm Falling   Please Help Me, I'm Falling   Pretty Little Miss   Prisoner's Tears   Prisoner's Tears   Richest Fool Alive   Rise Up Lazarus   Same Kind of Crazy   Send a Message to My Heart   She Drew A Broken Heart   She Never Stopped Loving Him   Ships   Silent Night   Silver Bells   Sleepless Nights   Slow Healin' Heart   Slow Healing Heart   So Good To Be In Love   Some Blue Moons Ago   Some Morning Soon   Someday I Will Lead The Parade   Someone I Used to Know   Sorrowful Angels   Soul of Constant Sorrow   Sounds Of Loneliness   Strong Heart   That's Exactly What I Mean   That's The Kind Of Mood I'm In   That's Exactly What I Mean   That's The Kind Of Mood I'm In   The Blue Side of Town   The Boys Are Back in Town   The First Noel   The Grandpa That I Know   The Key of Love   The Last Thing on My Mind   The Little Drummer Boy   The Lonely Side of Love   The Lonely Side of Love [*]   The Night's Too Long   The Night's Too Long   The Party Ain't Over Yet   The Party Ain't Over Yet   The Rainbow Down the Road   The Richest Fool Alive   The Trouble With The Truth   There Goes My Everything   There Stands the Glass   Thirsty   Thirsty (Patty Loveless/Travis Tritt)   Thristy   Timber I'm Fallin' In Love   Timber I'm Falling In Love   Timber I'm Falling In Love   To Feel That Way At All   To Have You Back Again   Too Many Memories   Try To Think About Elvis   Two Coats   Waitin' For The Phone To Ring   Waitin' For The Phone To Ring   We Are All / Children Of Abraham   We Are All Children of Abraham   What's A Broken Heart   What's A Broken Heart   When Being Who You Are Is Not Enough   When Fallen Angels Fly   When I Reach The Place I'm Going   When I Reach The Place I'm Going   When The Fallen Angels Fly   When the Last Curtain Falls   Where I'm Bound   Where I'm Bound   Why Baby Why   Why Baby Why (Album Version)   Wicked Ways   Wine Women And Song   Workin' Man's Hands   Working Man's Hands   Working Man's Hands   Working On A Building   You Are Everything   You Burned The Bridge   You Can Feel Bad   You Can Feel Bad (if It Makes You Feel Better)   You Can't Run Away From Your Heart   You Can't Run Away From Your Heart   You Don't Even Know I Am   You Don't Even Know Who I Am   You Don't Get No More   You Don't Know How Lucky You Are   You Don't Seem To Miss Me   You Don't Even Know Who I Am   You Don't Get No More   You Don't Know How Lucky You Are   You Don't Seem To Miss Me   You Saved Me   You Will   You'll Never Leave Harlan Alive   You're All I Think About   You're All I Think About These Days   You're So Cool   You'll Never Leave Harlan Alive   You're So Cool

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