Cowboy Junkies - Unanswered Letter (For JB) lyrics

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Her heart torn open

And left like an unanswered letter.

Words were not spoken

Just left in a spidery scrawl.

Twisted and gutted,

The last of the smoke in the air.

She gets up to leave

And idly fixes her hair.

Words from home, words from home.

What we miss are words from home.

I lost my heart

I left it alongside the river.

That blackbird clucking

Songs he knows nothing about.

That bird returning

To a home that makes him sing out.

Words from home, words from home.

What we need are words from home.