Tear-Stained Letter - Richard Thompson

It was three in the morning when she took me apart

She wrecked the furniture, she wrecked my heart

She danced on my head like Arthur Murray

The scars ain’t never going to mend in a hurry

Just when I thought I could learn to forget her

Right through the door come a tear-stained letter

Oh, oh, oh love love

Cry, cry if it makes you feel better

Set it all down in a tear-stained letter

Oh, oh, oh love love love

Cry, cry if it makes you feel better

Set it all down in a tear-stained letter

Well my head was beating like a song by the Clash

It was writing cheques that my body couldn’t cash

Got to my feet, I was reeling and dizzy

I went for the 'phone but the line was busy

Just when I thought that things would get better

Right through the door come a tear-stained letter

Oh, oh, oh love love

Cry, cry if it makes you feel better

Set it all down in a tear-stained letter

Oh, oh, oh love love love love

Cry, cry if it makes you feel better

Set it all down in a tear-stained letter

Well I like coffee and I like tea

But I just don’t like this fiddle-di-dee

It makes me nervous, it gives me the hives

Waiting for a kiss from a bunch of fives

Just when I think I could learn to forget her

Right through the door come a tear-stained letter

Oh, oh, oh love love love

Cry, cry if it makes you feel better

Set it all down in a tear-stained letter

Oh, oh, oh love love

Cry, cry if it makes you feel better

Set it all down in a tear-stained letter

Oh, oh, oh

Cry, cry if it makes you feel better

Set it all down in a tear-stained letter