"The Last Letter" lyrics - RAMBLIN' JACK ELLIOTT

Why do you treat me as if I was only a friend?
What have I done that has made you so distant and cold
Sometimes I wonder if you'll be contented again
Will you be happy when you are weary and old

When you get weary love, and tired of searching for gold
When you get lonely just think on this letter my own
Now don't try to answer though our love suffered anguish and toll
If you don't love me then wish you would leave me alone

I cannot offer you diamonds and mansions so fine
I cannot offered you clothes that your young body crave
But if you say that you long to forever be mine
Think of the trouble, the tears and the heartache you'll save

While I am writing this letter I think of the past
And I think of the promises that you are breaking so free
And to this cruel world I'll soon say my farewells at last
Oh, I will be gone when you read this last letter from me

While I am writing this letter I think of the past
And I think of the promises that you are breaking so free
And to this cruel world I'll soon say my farewell at last
I will be gone when you read this last letter from me