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Love Letter
Bonnie Raitt Lyrics

Sittin' in front of your house
Like rain in early dawn
Workin' on a love letter
Got my radio on

Got my eye on your window pane
And I smoked a lot of cigarettes
Mercy, mercy but love is strange
And you haven't even kissed me yet

Look comes to push
Push comes to shove
Shove comes to touch
Touch will come to love

Workin' on a love letter
Listenin' to a love song
I'm writing you a love letter, love letter
Got my radio on, radio, radio

Hope you get the message baby
I know that you're gonna let me in
It's real in your neighborhood
And this is more than I'm gonna bend

Look comes to push
Push comes to shove
Shove comes to touch
Touch will come to love

Why don't sit waitin'
Why don't behavin'
Love's waiting in the car
In the car and rain now

Workin' on a love letter
Listenin' to a love song
I'm writing you a love letter, love letter
Got my radio on, radio, radio

Look comes to push
Push comes to shove
Shove comes to touch
Touch will come to love

Workin' on a love letter
Listenin' to a love song
I'm writing you a love letter, love letter
Got my radio on, radio, radio

Workin' on a love letter
Listenin' to a love song
I'm writing you a love letter, love letter
I got the, I got the, I got the radio, radio

Workin' on a love letter
Listenin' to a love song
I'm writing you a love letter, love letter
Got my radio on, radio, radio

Lyrics © BMG Rights Management, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
Written by: BONNIE HAYES

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01Nick Of Time3:52

02Thing Called Love3:50

03Love Letter4:04

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04Cry On My Shoulder3:42

05Real Man4:27

06Nobody's Girl3:12

07Have A Heart4:46

08Too Soon To Tell3:45

09I Will Not Be Denied4:52

10I Ain't Gonna Let You Break My Heart Again2:38

11The Road's My Middle Name3:32

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Comments from YouTube:

HalfFastChevy

10y↑4

This lady can sing anything and make it sound great. Love this song. This and Dimming of the Day have to be my 2 favorites.

Grace Bussey

2y↑3

"Got the radio on"....ALWAYS!

GhostGirlNC

11y↑3

@GhostGirlNC - PS, it IS on YahooMusic, though. I just watched it and remembered always thinking that the girl with the mirror and the big guy with the camera were so fun, lol. Bonnie Raitt is one hot mama, no matter how old she gets!!

Mori Ono

4y↑3

from 1:55 it should be "Love don't be waiting, love don't behave loves waiting I'm the car in the pouring rain

ScoutMotto2011

24w

1:42 - Gogo Yubari. Love it!

Cockney Red

6y↑2

excellent vid,well done.

GhostGirlNC

11y↑1

I LOVE this song, and you did an awesome job with the video, other than some typos that I noticed "Look comes to push" and "Love's waiting in the car, in the pouring rain". The original video is one of the best I've ever seen, with it's quirky camera angles and Dennis Quaid in his underwear, LOL...if you do have it, please post it, cause I can't find it on Youtube anywhere for some reason.

september quest

13w

Love this lady...all her stuff is good!..raw....♥️

Jennifer Lord

40w

To my favorite emergency room dr. Bryann c. So sorry that we missed the chance but I'm very happy for you and your family

debbieomi

12y↑1

Good grief! You took your equipment with you? LOL I love "I Can't Make You Love Me" and think it is one of the all time greatest love songs in history!

Dan Cullen

50w

That has been the song for too many relationships of mine

peteK

What an awesome song. Love Bonnie.

RetroJenny

8y↑1

Great tune. Bonnie is a legend.

Dan Cullen

50w

I was so surprised at karaoke night once that they had this, had to sing it, such a fun song

qwerbear

7y↑1

Quite a few of these lyrics are in error, but awesome song!

TDale Martin

5y↑1

great at the shoreline w/ floyd red crow westerman,,,,,,

Ted Howell

11y

Great job on this video. To one of my favorite songs of Bonnie.

elbashir64 aljurjani

31w

Great song. Great CLIP !!!!!

mary ross

10y

@jerrydiver1 That is the Video I'm looking 4 hope somebody digs up the original!

jerrydiver1

11y

I can't find the original video right now, but I've got it on some dusty ol' VHS somewhere in the stacks. It was smokin' hot and had Dennis Quaid as the object this chic's desire.....

Fitanga Revuelta

4y↑2

Hah - none of you kids seem to know that she's backed up on this track by weird but great 1980s soul band Was Not Was. Check out their Spy in the House of Love for more.

Marc D

They are in the video, which is blocked in the USA. But if you have a VPN, enjoy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UzWW1j-oVTM

peteK

Awesome bass line.

thesmokey47

5y↑1

@mary ross and jerry diver. The video you are talking about with Dennis Quaid is Thing Called Love not this one

Fitanga Revuelta

Yeah, and he's definitely not in his undies. He and Bonnie do some heavy-duty flirting, though - it's lovely to see, and they were married to other people at the time (she to Michael O'Keefe, he to Meg Ryan).

tuptaff

10y

If you enjoy Bonnie's great gift....then yr gonna love Jodie....Jodie has a voice which all the "insiders" in the music industry are raving about....her debut album may launch in Spring of 2011....you heard it here 1st !

Pete Zereeah

5y↑1

Saw McCartney in 90 kicking up the Beatles tunes again. Biggest show I've ever seen. This Raitt tune played during the warm up. First time I heard it. They don't just play anything at a Mcartney show.

SCF

14w

I'M AWESTRUCK by BONNIE RAITT'S KARIZMA and the BONNIE HAYES/BONNIE RAITT "MATCHUP" in the MUZICAL-COZMOS was BRILLIANT!!! 🤘🎶🌠👏👏👏

Jacklyn

14w

Musical is the proper spelling in America. Muzical implies code language in America. Not good NEWS code language. Usually having to do with difference of either opinion - at best - or politics - at worst. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q86nf7mpOXk