James Taylor - Letter In The Mail Lyrics
If I could go down nowWhile the whole town is sleepingSee the sun creeping up on the hillI know the river and the railroadWould run through the valley stillI guess it never was much to look atJust a one-horse townThe kind of place young people want to leave todayStore fronts pretty much boarded upMain street pretty much closed downThe church bell still rings on sundayOld folks still goThe young ones listen on the radioSaturday night nothing but a stray dog running wildLike nobodys childAnd little by little, light after lightThats how it diedThey say you never go home againThats no lieIts like a letter in the mailTo a brother in jailIts a matter of timeUntil you can do a little bit better timeIt used to be part of the heartlandAwful proud and strongBut deep, deep down peaceful and sereneWhen people used to talk about the countryThats what they used to meanI might go down come the weekendGo on my ownDrop off annie and the babyMaybe drive alonePay my last respects to a timeThat has all but goneWe said, mama come look at the mountainFire in the skyIts lit up like the fourth of julyThe mill burning downThe jobs leaving townThe trains rolling byAnd little by little, light after lightThats how it diedThey say you never go home againThats no lieIts just a letter in the mailTo a brother in jailIts a matter of timeUntil you can do a little bit better time
