Letters That Cross in the Mail Songtext
von Barbra Streisand

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