Ronna Reeves - The Letter lyrics

I found a letter in an old book I just bought from a second-hand shop It was pressed between two pages near the end And I read those secrets somebody never got She wrote about love She wrote about cheating She wrote about his wife, his kids: An' she wrote about leavin' I took the letter to an old man on Maple Street His smile was bitter sweet As he held the tide of memories in his hands He finally knew the reason he never saw her again He read about love He read about cheating He read about his wife, his kids: An' he read about leavin' As he folded the letter He talked about the mistakes he'd made in his younger days Though he never meant to hurt her, she knew He'd do what he had to So she moved away And by the look in his eyes I knew that that love was still alive Hidden between the lines of the letter Oh, an' she wrote about love She wrote about cheating She wrote about his wife, his kids: An' she wrote about leavin' In the letter