The Letter-Ronna Reeves/D.R/Carolyn Swilley

[ti:The Letter] [ar:Ronna Reeves/D.R/Carolyn Swilley] [al:Only the Heart] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]The Letter - Ronna Reeves/D.R/Carolyn Swilley [00:06.83]Written by：Ronna Reeves/Carolyn Swilley/Gary Heyde [00:13.67]I found a letter in an old book [00:17.71] [00:18.62]I just bought from a second hand shop [00:21.30] [00:23.06]It was pressed between two pages near the end [00:27.04] [00:28.29]And I read those secrets somebody never got [00:35.28]She wrote about love [00:36.79] [00:38.60]She wrote about cheating [00:40.52] [00:41.83]She wrote about his wife his kids [00:45.65] [00:48.60]An' she wrote about leavin' [00:52.65] [00:56.50]I took the letter to an old man on maple street [01:02.80]His smile was bitter sweet [01:04.39] [01:05.53]As he held the tide of memories in his hands [01:09.32] [01:10.93]He finally knew the reason he never saw her again [01:17.15] [01:17.96]He read about love [01:19.63] [01:21.30]He read about cheating [01:23.20] [01:24.65]He read about his wife his kids [01:28.38] [01:31.23]An' he read about leavin' [01:34.60] [01:44.75]As he folded the letter [01:47.43] [01:48.84]He talked about the mistakes he'd made in his younger days [01:53.28] [01:54.80]Though he never meant to hurt her she knew [01:58.60] [02:00.16]He'd do what he had to [02:02.68] [02:04.52]So she moved away [02:07.02] [02:07.87]And by the look in his eyes [02:10.18] [02:10.71]I knew that that love was still alive [02:14.17] [02:15.04]Hidden between the lines of the letter [02:20.34] [02:21.98]Oh an' she wrote about love [02:25.47] [02:26.89]She wrote about cheating [02:28.78] [02:30.13]She wrote about his wife his kids [02:33.82] [02:36.93]An' she wrote about leavin' [02:40.73] [02:44.10]In the letter