Rowena - Loudon Wainwright III, Bill Frisell

Rowena, my darling, please don’t let me down —

A few words from you can lift me off the ground

Your letters are treasures, you don’t know their worth

Days I don’t receive one, I fall back to earth

Rowena, my darling, just a word or two —

It means the world to me, those few words from you

But when you don’t send them, why can’t you see'

It’s as if the whole world had gone back on me

Tonight when I’m sleeping, I will dream of you —

Wishfully thinking, what else can I do'

Then in the morning, it’s always the same

When dreaming is done, then I call out your name

Tonight when I’m sleeping, I will dream of you —

Wishfully thinking, what else can I do'

Until tomorrow, I can only hope

For my heart’s deliverance in an envelope

Rowena, my dear, yours to hand this a.m. -

I’m holding your letter, in heaven again

A few words from me now, to make sure you know

As ever, I’m yours, yes, and I love you so