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Letters That Cross In The Mail

This version of Letters That Cross In The Mail was released by Barbra Streisand in 1975.

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Last month
While thinking of love
I wrote him some words and mailed them away
But the next day
I found at my door a letter from Spain
He’d sent long before
And it’s not read
I haven’t heard from you in weeks
I must assume that you no longer care
Too bad that’s it, goodbye
It’s just amazing
How loving can fail
From letters that cross in the mail
A life, a love, a chance to win it all
Can pass you by, in the far gone seen
And you think you’ll find your fate tomorrow night
And he finds somebody else in-between
I sat with swords in my heart
And pen in a hand I wrote
I’m glad that we’re through
Full of hate I mailed it
But then in a week a letter arrived
With love did it speak
I loved the tender words you sent
It seems I wronged you please forgive me
I’ll return by ship real soon
But I know now that he’ll never sail
Our letters will cross in the mail
It’s just amazing
How time brings a loss
And loving can fail
Like letters that cross in the mail…

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The lyrics for Letters That Cross In The Mail are defined as the words making up the song released by Barbra Streisand in 1975. It also includes the verses and words used by the background chorus in the song. Like many hit songs, the lyrics to Letters That Cross In The Mail have different meanings to different people. While it is clear in some of the lyrics what the artist is trying to really say, only Barbra Streisand and those working with them know all of the meanings behind all of the lyrics to their songs.

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