Letters Lyrics - Tom T. Hall

One night in the West Virginia mountains 

I got stranded in the deepening snow 

I found important house and took a small room 

No TV magazines or radio 

I've stood and watched the snow fall past the window 

And as a traveling man would sometimes do 

I've picked up the Bible and looked through it 

I found the stock of letters tied in blue 

The letters had been left there by a young girl 

There were ten and as I read the first 

I found that they were from a boy in Detroit 

Who'd sent for her as soon as he got work 

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The first one mentioned her expected baby 

The one and two and three were much the same 

The fourth and fifth said that he might send to get her 

The sixth and seventh offered her his name 

The eighth and ninth were weeks apart in postmark 

They were short and asked about her help 

The tenth one was a tear stained on the pages 

Said that he had married someone else 

Next morning I felt guilty when I checked out 

As the highway people cleared away the snow 

I asked about the girl who used to live there 

They said she passed away three weeks ago 

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Well I kept the letters but I never read them 

Oh but somewhere up in Detroit, there's a man 

Who heard what happened down in West Virginia 

And we're the only two who understand