I got a letter from my baby   Came in the mail yesterday   She had an awful lot on her mind   She had an awful lot to say      Well, she treated me like an old, old friend   Just like a used to be   Well, I know by heart the words   She wrote to me      Oh yeah, well, well      She said, "Dear Mister Johnson   Please sent back the letter that   I wrote you long time ago   We were kids, thought we were in love"      Oh yeah, well   She said, "Dear Mister Johnson   Please send back a picture that we took"   And it was signed respectfully, Miss Brooks      Oh yeah, well, well      Well, I cried and I cried and I cried some more   I fell right down and I cried on the floor   I was hurtin' way down deep inside   Where it don't show, don't show      Well, I never felt so bad in my whole life   Thought Miss Brooks was gonna be my wife   But I done found out how wrong a man   In love can be, oh yeah      Well, I cried yesterday and all last night   Nothin' ever gonna be alright   Oh, well, I called Miss Brooks on the phone   And here's what I said well, I cried, I said now      Please don't make me send you, the letters that you wrote me   Wrote me long time ago, please don't make me   Send you back the pictures that we took   'Cause I still love you Miss Brooks      Well, I cried and I cried and I cried some more   Fell right down and I cried on the floor   I was hurtin' way down deep inside   Where it don't show, oh, well, well      Well, I never felt so bad in my whole life   I thought Miss Brooks was gonna be my wife   But I done found out how wrong a man   In love can be