The Letter

Give me a ticket for an airplane

Ain't got time to take a fast train

Lonely days are gone and I'm goin' home

And baby done wrote me a letter

Lookie here now, I gotta say

(Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh)

I don't care how much money I gotta spend

Got to get back, get on back

To my baby, one more again

Lonely days are gone

I'm goin' home, ha

My baby done

Wrote me somethin' on a piece of paper, yeah

(Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh)

She wrote me a letter

Said she couldn't live without me no more

Oh, oh-oh-oh-oh-oh

(Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh)

Listen, Mister, can't you see

I got to get back to my baby once more?

Yeah

I've gotta have a ticket for an airplane, oh-no, no

I gotta, gotta get back and see my baby again

No, no, now

Lonely days are gone, I'm goin' home

Baby done wrote me a letter

When she wrote me a letter

(Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh)

Said she couldn't live, she couldn't live

Without me no more

Out me no more

Out me no more, oh, oh, oh

(Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh)

Listen, Mister, listen, Mister

I gotta get back

To my baby once more, ah-ah

(Yeah-yeah, yeah)

Come on, gotta have a ticket to an airplane

Ha, I gotta get back to my baby, baby

Lonely days are gone and I'm goin' home

My baby done wrote me a letter

Hey, hey, hey

Lonely days are gone and I