Merle Haggard Last Letter Lyrics

Last Letter Lyrics

Why do you treat me as if I were only a friend

And 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 withered and old



I cannot offer you diamonds or a mansion so fine

I cannot offer you clothes that your young body craves

But if you will say that you long to forever be mine

Think of the heartaches the tears and the sorrow you'll save



While I am writing this letter I think of the past

And of the promises that you are breaking so free

But to this old world I'll soon say my farewell at last

I will be gone when you read this last letter from me