Roy Acuff Last Letter Lyrics

Last Letter Lyrics

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



What have I done that has made you so different 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 mansions so fine



I cannot offer you the clothes that your young body crave



But if you'll say that you long to forever be mine



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



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When you grow weary and tired of another one's gold



When you are weary remember this letter my own



Don't try to answer though I've suffered anguish untold



If you don't love me I wish you would leave me alone







While I am writing this letter I think of the past



And of the promises that you are breaking so free



But from this world I shall soon say my farewell at last



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