"A Letter From Home" - Johnny CashTrack 10 Of 20 On The Album "Johnny Cash Sings The Ballads Of The True West" (1965)Track 4 Of 12 On The Album "Mean As Hell!" (1966)IntroVerse 1A Cowpoke Rode In One Hot, Dusty DayTo A Store Down In Old San AntoneHe Stood At The Window And I Heard Him Say"Do I Have A Letter From Home?"The Postmaster Looked Through The Mail That Had ComeThen Smilingly Shook His Grey HeadThe Cowpoke Looked Sadly A Moment At HimAnd These Are The Words That He SaidChorus"No Letter From Home, No Letter From HomeThere's Never A Letter From Home(No Message From Mother, Or None Of The Others)There's Never A Letter From Home"Instrumental BreakVerse 2That Night He Was Shot On The Wrong Side Of TownNo More On Those Plains Will He RoamI Reached For My Bible And Gave It To HimAnd Said, "Son, Here's Your Letter From Home""If Only I Had Just A Little More TimeTo Read It," The Young Cowpoke Said"I Can't Take It With Me And I Must Go On"Then He Died With His Letter UnreadChorusThe Letter From Home, The Letter From HomeNo Time For The Letter From Home(The Cowboy Lay Dead With His Letter Unread)Too Late For The Letter From HomeOutro
