Why do you treat me as if I were only a friend What have I done that's made you so different and cold Sometimes I wonder if you'll be contented again Or will you be happy when you are withered and old
I cannot offer you diamonds and mansions so fine And I cannot offer you clothes that your young body craves But if you'll say that you long to forever be mine Just think of the heartaches the tears and the sorrow you'll save
When you are weary and tired of another man's gold And when you get lonely remember this letter my own But don't try to answer though I've suffered anguish untold If you don't love me then why don't you leave me alone
As I am writing this letter I think of the past And of the promises that you are breaking so free But to this old world I'll soon say my farewell at last I will be gone when you read this last letter from me