Writing A Letter To You

(Art Young / Valentine)

Roy Fox and his Band

I bought a pencil
I bought a stamp
I got some writing paper
And I filled up a lamp
But for hours of trying to think of something new
Writing a letter to you

I nibbled the pencil
I looked at the stamp
I used a lot of paper
And I've emptied the lamp
Why, It's the hardest thing I've ever had to do
Writing a letter to you

I read the dictionary through
And I guess I had to throw it away
There's not a single word to express
All that I want to say

I lost the pencil
The stamp is torn
The paper's in the basket
And it's near to dawn
So I'm sending you a cable
'Cause I'm surely true
Writing a letter to you.