The Letter
Longing and Reunion: A Tale of Love Expressed Through Letters
Lyrics
Send me a ticket for an airplane
Expressing a request for a plane ticket to be sent.
I ain't got time to take a fast train
Indicating a lack of time to choose a faster mode of transportation like a train.
Lonely days are gone I'm coming home
Conveying the end of lonely days and the anticipation of returning home.
My baby wrote me a letter
Celebrating the receipt of a letter from the speaker's baby.
I don't care how much I got to spend
Expressing a willingness to spend money to reach the destination.
I gotta get back to my baby again
Stressing the urgency to reunite with the baby.
Lonely days are gone I'm coming home
Reiterating the end of loneliness and the imminent return home.
My baby wrote me a letter
Reaffirming the joy of receiving a letter from the baby.
Well he wrote me a letter said
Quoting a letter mentioning the baby's inability to live without the speaker.
He couldn't live without me no more
Highlighting the baby's dependence on the speaker.
Oh listen mister can't you see I gotta get back
Expressing a strong desire to return to the baby.
To my baby once more anyway
Emphasizing the determination to reunite with the baby in any way.
I don't care how much I got to spend
Reiterating the willingness to spend money for the journey.
I gotta get back to my baby again
Emphasizing the urgency of returning to the baby.
Lonely days are gone I'm coming home
Repeating the end of loneliness and the impending return home.
My baby wrote me a letter
Reaffirming the joy of receiving a letter from the baby.
Well he wrote me a letter
Quoting a letter reiterating the baby's inability to live without the speaker.
Said he couldn't live without me no more
Reiterating the baby's dependence on the speaker.
Oh listen mister can't you see
Expressing a strong desire to return to the baby.
I gotta get back to my baby once more anyway
Emphasizing the determination to reunite with the baby in any way.
I don't care how much I got to spend
Reiterating the willingness to spend money for the journey.
I gotta get back to my baby again
Emphasizing the urgency of returning to the baby.
Lonely days are gone I'm coming home
Repeating the end of loneliness and the impending return home.
My baby wrote me a letter
Reaffirming the joy of receiving a letter from the baby.
Send me a ticket for an airplane
Repeating the initial request for a plane ticket.
I ain't got time to take a fast train
Reiterating the lack of time for a faster train journey.
Lonely days are gone I'm coming home
Reiterating the end of lonely days and the anticipation of returning home.
My baby wrote me a letter
Reaffirming the joy of receiving a letter from the baby.
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