I Wrote a Letter

by Tina Turner

From the album: Private Dancer

Track 12 of 25 on Private Dancer (1984).

Duration: 3:25

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Lyrics for I Wrote a Letter

I wrote a letter to my love today I wrote it so hard on what I gotta say I'm down and out to tell you the truth A man can make a poor girl sing the blues You know why I couldn't be with you When there's a chance, please give me a clue Until I drown in a sea of booze A man can make a woman sing the blues, yeah Took my pride and I threw it away You gotta release me from this suffering You'll find me everywhere running around Until you showed up to find me in the gutter I wrote a letter to my love today I wrote wrote so hard on what I gotta say All my life is ending up blues A man can make a poor girl sing the blues Yeah, you can make a white girl sing the blues Yeah I took my pride and I threw it away You gotta release me from this suffering You'll find me everywhere running around Until you showed up to find me in the gutter, oh I wrote a letter to my love today I wrote it wrote so hard on what I gotta say I'm down and out to tell you the truth All my life is ending up blues When there's a change, please give me a cue 'Cause you know why I couldn't be with you Until I drown in a sea of booze A man can make a woman sing the blues, yeah A man can make a white girl sing the blues, yeah Yeah, yeah, yeah, oh yeah You got me singing the blues You got me singing the blues Yeah, yeah, oh yeah Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

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  5. Private Dancer
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  7. Better Be Good to Me
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  11. Ball Of Confusion (with B.E.F.)
  12. I Wrote a Letter
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  14. Don't Rush the Good Things
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  16. Keep Your Hands off My Baby
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  18. Let's Pretend We're Married
  19. What's Love Got to Do with It
  20. Better Be Good to Me
  21. I Can't Stand the Rain
  22. Show Some Respect
  23. We Don't Need Another Hero (Thunderdome)
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