Last Letter Lyrics - Dottie West

Why do you treat me as if I were only a friend? 

What have I done that has made you so distant and cold? 

Sometimes I wonder if you'll be contented again 

And will you be happy when you are withered and old? 

No, I cannot offer you diamonds or mansions so fine 

And I cannot offer you all the clothes that your young body crave 

But if you'll say that you long to forever be mine 

Why just think of the heartaches all the tears and the sorrow you'll save? 

When you grow weary and tired of another one's gold 

When you get lonely remember this letter my own 

But don't try to reach me, though I've suffered anguish untold 

If you don't love me I just wish you would leave me alone 

While I am writing this letter I think of the past 

And of the promises that you have broken so free 

And to this old world I'll soon say my farewell at last 

Yes, I will be gone when you read this last letter from me