Gary Richrath was inspired to write the song based on a real life incident. According to band member Kevin Cronin, at the end of a tour fellow band member Neal Doughty came home to find a letter from his wife on the kitchen table informing him that she had left him for another man.The other man turn...
[Intro]
In your letter, ooh, in your letter
In your letter, ooh, in your letter
In your letter, ooh, in your letter
In your letter, ooh, in your letter
[Chorus 1]
In your letter, you said you didn't love me
You said you're gonna leave me
But you could've said it better
Oh, in your letter, you said you couldn't face me
You said you could replace me
But you could've said it better
[Chorus 2]
You could've left him only
For an evening let him be lonely
But you hid behind your poison pen and his pride
You could've told him something
And proved to me you don't love him
But you hid behind your future full of lies
Oh, in your letter
[Chorus 2]
Ooh, you could've left him only
For an evening let him be lonely
But you hid behind your poison pen and his pride
You could've told him something
And proved to me you don't love him
But you hid behind your future full of lies
[Chorus 1]
Oh, in your letter you said you didn't love me
You said you're gonna leave me
But you could've said it better
Oh, in your letter, you said you couldn't face me
You said you could replace me
But you could've said it better
Oh, in your letter
[Outro]
In your letter, ooh, in your letter
(Ooh, in your letter)
In your letter, ooh, in your letter
(Ooh, in your letter)
In your letter, ooh, in your letter
In your letter, ooh, in your letter
(Oh... yeah)
In your letter, ooh, in your letter
In your letter, ooh, in your letter
In your letter, ooh, in your letter
In your letter, ooh, in your letter
In your letter, ooh, in your letter
In Your Letter was written by Gary Richrath.
In Your Letter was produced by Kevin Cronin & Gary Richrath & Kevin Beamish & Alan Gratzer.
REO Speedwagon released In Your Letter on Fri Nov 21 1980.