Verse 1:
Gimme a ticket for an aeroplane,
ain't got time to take a fast train.
Lonely days are gone, I'm a-goin' home,
'cause my baby just a-wrote me a letter.
Verse 2:
I don't care how much money I gotta spend,
got to get back to my baby again.
Lonely days are gone, I'm a-goin' home,
'cause my baby just a-wrote me a letter.
Chorus:
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 a-mo'--anyway...
Verse 3:
I don't care how much money I gotta spend,
got to get back to my baby again.
Lonely days are gone, I'm a-goin' home,
'cause my baby just a-wrote me a letter.
Verse 4:
Gimme a ticket for an aeroplane,
ain't got time to take a fast train.
Lonely days are gone, I'm a-goin' home,
'cause my baby just a-wrote me a letter.
Chorus:
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 a-mo'--anyway...
Verse 6 & End:
Gimme a ticket for an aeroplane,
ain't got time to take a fast train.
Lonely days are gone, I'm a-goin' home,
'cause my baby just a-wrote me a letter.
Because my baby just a-wrote me a letter.