[          
Give me a tick

          |[
et for an aero

plane,
[           
ain't got time

          |[
 to take a fas

t train.
[
Lonely days ar

e gone, 
[
I'm a goin' ho

me,
[          
my baby just w

          |[
rote me a lett

] 
er.

[          
I don't care h

              
ow much money 

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I gotta spend,
[           
got to get bac

       |[
k to my baby a

gain.
[
Lonely days ar

e gone, 
[
I'm a goin' ho

me,
[          
my baby just w

          |[
rote me a lett

] 
er.

[start chorus]
          |[
Well, she wrot

       |[
e me a letter,

 
         |[ 
said she could

    [     |[
n't live witho

         | [
ut me no more.
|[          
Listen, mister

  [         
, can't you se

  |[        
e I got to get

[        |[
 back to my ba

]
by once more, 
|[
anyway.

[end chorus]

[          
Give me a tick

          |[
et for an aero

plane,
[           
ain't got time

          |[
 to take a fas

t train.
[
Lonely days ar

e gone, 
[
I'm a goin' ho

me,
[          
my baby just w

          |[
rote me a lett

]   |[     
er, my baby ju

              
st wrote me a 

|[ |[  |
letter.