Letters That Cross In The Mail

Last month
 While thinking of love
 I wrote him some words and mailed them away
 But the next day
 I found at my door a letter from Spain
 He'd sent long before and his note read
 "I haven't heard from you in weeks
 I must assume that you no longer care
 Too bad, that's it, goodbye"
 It's just amazing
 How loving can fail
 From letters that cross in the mail
 A life, a love, a chance to win it all
 Can pass you by, in the foreign scene
 And you think you'll find your fate tomorrow night
 And he finds somebody else in between
 I sat with swords in my heart
 And pen in a hand I wrote
 I'm glad that we're through
 Full of hate, I mailed it
 But then in a week a letter arrived
 With love did it speak
 And his note read
 I loved the tender words you sent
 It seems I wronged you, please forgive me
 I'll return, I should leave soon
 But oh, I know now that he'll never sail
 Our letters will cross in the mail
 It's just amazing
 How time brings a loss
 And loving can fail
 Like letters that cross in the mail