Dear Annie Beasley –
I see you in the sun –
With a kitten in each hand, and –
Long and lean and wondering how I am –
And how things go –
And I’m missing you and I wanted you to know –
–
Dear Annie Beasley –
I’m singing my songs tonight –
Sometimes Annie Beasley –
I don’t remember why –
Sometimes the only answer is “It’s what I’ve done” –
And some nights I just want to turn around and run –

And that’s when I get thinking –
I’m coming home to you –
Empty out my pockets –
Hop the next freight train –
From Pittsburgh, past Erie –
Dayton, Cincinnati –
Louisville, Kentucky –
Nashville, Memphis –
Little Rock, Okemah –
Oklahoma City –
Pampa, Amarillo –
Tucumcari, Albuquerque –
Los Lunas, getting close –
Socorro, San Antonio –
And then on home to you –
–
Dear Annie Beasley –
Are you still gonna come –
Up to Colorado –
When I’m there next month –
We’ll have some fun, I got –
A couple days –
Besides, it’s been so long since I seen your face –
–
And that’s when I get thinking –
I’m coming home to you –
Empty out my pockets –
Hop the next freight train –
From Pittsburgh, past Erie –
Dayton, Cincinnati –
Louisville, Kentucky –
Nashville, Memphis –
Little Rock, Okemah –
Oklahoma City –
Pampa, Amarillo –
Tucumcari, Albuquerque –
Los Lunas, getting close –
Socorro, San Antonio –
And then on home to you –
–
Dear Annie Beasley –
P.S. I love you….

(lyrics: Dan Bern)