[Verse 1]
Does your mother know
You had to go someday?
Does your mother know
That you would grow so fast?
Anyway, that's all you think about
You'd call her if you could

[Chorus]
But the letters that you write
In the faded winter light
Just tell her
They tell her
That you've got ten dollars
And you'll be all right
And when you get straight
You're gonna come back east some day

[Verse 2]
Does your mother know
You have a man in the west?
Does your mother know
You drove him from your door?
Anyway, that's all you think about
You'd call her if you could
[Verse 3]
Does your mother know
You walked all day in the rain?
Does your mother know
How deep your love could be?
Anyway, that's all you think about
You'd call her if you could

[Chorus]
But the letters that you write
In the faded winter light
Just tell her
They tell her
That you've got ten dollars
And your rent costs eight
And when you get straight
You're gonna come back east some day

[Outro]
But the letters that you write
In the faded winter light
Just tell her
They tell her...