The Box Tops – The Letter
October 12th, 2009 | by admin |
The Letter by the Box Tops found on the album The Letter.
The Letter” is a song written by Wayne Carson Thompson and made famous by The Box Tops and their singer, Alex Chilton, released in 1967 on the album of the same name. It reached number one on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 and number five on the UK singles chart. The song was popular during the Vietnam War and was also included in the computer game Battlefield Vietnam. Rolling Stone ranked it #363 on their list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.
LYRICS:
Gimmie a ticket for an aeroplane
Ain’t got time to take a fast train
Lonely days are gone, I’m a goin’ home
My baby has just wrote me a letter
I don’t get care how much money I gotta spend
Got to get back to my baby again
Lonely days are gone, I’m a goin’ home
My baby has just wrote me a letter
Well, she wrote me a letter said she couldn’t live without me no mo’
Listen Mister, can’t you see I got to get back to my baby once mo’
Anyway, yeah
Give me a ticket for an aeroplane
Ain’t got time to take a fast train
Lonely days are gone, I’m a goin’ home
My baby has just wrote me a letter
Well, she wrote me a letter said she couldn’t live without me no mo’
Listen Mister, can’t you see I got to get back to my baby once mo’
Anyway, yeah
Give me a ticket for an aeroplane
Ain’t got time to take a fast train
Lonely days are gone, I’m a goin’ home
My baby has just wrote me a letter
My baby has just wrote me a letter
Duration : 0:2:0
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By SlRDancealot on Oct 12, 2009
Same, hehe XD
Same, hehe XD
By SlRDancealot on Oct 12, 2009
This is so much …
This is so much better than what I remember it beeing
By murmi07 on Oct 12, 2009
LoVe It…
LoVe It…
By Letaltiga on Oct 12, 2009
Lonely days are …
Lonely days are gone!!!!!!
By Hoddow on Oct 12, 2009
Toller Song aus der …
Toller Song aus der Schlussszene von “Sonnenallee”. Wirklich ein großer Wiedererkennungswert.
By fikaedo76 on Oct 12, 2009
BFV rulez gr8 song
BFV rulez gr8 song
By FrEaKk211980 on Oct 12, 2009
I love this song
I love this song
By KthoniaEcate on Oct 12, 2009
what a great …
what a great song.never loses its value! timeless..
By echoplus2020 on Oct 12, 2009
don’t stop here! …
don’t stop here! check out the rest of Alex Chilton’s career. Big Star’s one of the best bands ever.
By allumina on Oct 12, 2009
The only bad part …
The only bad part about this song is it ends too soon! Great things cant all last long
By hashpe on Oct 12, 2009
Rock Boat
Rock Boat
By AndersMay1234 on Oct 12, 2009
I too heard this …
I too heard this song in BF Vietnam
By pupskannake on Oct 12, 2009
jut i also know it …
jut i also know it from battlefield vietnam.
Hot shit^^
By neubus2 on Oct 12, 2009
L andrecies …
L andrecies Gouzeaucourt Masnieres Marcoing Viesly St aubert ou d autres…. Bonsoir PAPA!…
By McAwesome55 on Oct 12, 2009
i rember the first …
i rember the first time i heard this
lol Battefield Vietnam i flipped because it was so catchy lol
great song!
By WearsTheFire on Oct 12, 2009
Thank you so much! …
Thank you so much! This song is an experience to a long ago era I was part of. I had to add it to my Channel. Thanks again.
By laceyemily1 on Oct 12, 2009
Hi FabFM: You’re …
Hi FabFM: You’re very lucky then, to have a station that plays 60’s music. Unfortunately, the few stations around here consider oldies to be music from the 80’s and 90’s. I can’t remember the last time I heard “The Letter” played on radio.
By FabFM on Oct 12, 2009
Never played on the …
Never played on the radio? Only if all the radio you listen to is the stations that play the current top 20! I hav heard this on the radio three times in the last week!
By laceyemily1 on Oct 12, 2009
This is only one of …
This is only one of so many good songs from the 60’s which are never played on the radio. Sigh…I miss hearing the music I grew up with.
By Weedmaster55 on Oct 12, 2009
the best song to …
the best song to describe my feelings this week!!!
Grüße nach Polen!!!
By mechdune on Oct 12, 2009
uhuh
uhuh
By CruelDestructor666 on Oct 12, 2009
great song! the …
great song! the best of them!
By phoenixfootball on Oct 12, 2009
FLYING A HUEY OVER …
FLYING A HUEY OVER THE VIETNAMESE BASE AND PLAYING THIS SONG *daydreams*
By styxman09 on Oct 12, 2009
I don’t see vietnam …
I don’t see vietnam when I hear this, i love the use of the subtle brass instruments though
By Weirdo927 on Oct 12, 2009
yup, a great game …
yup, a great game too
swedish quality