I wrote a letter on a nothing day
I asked somebody Could you send my letter away?
You are too young to put all of your hopes in just one envelope
I said goodbye to someone that I love
Its not just me, I tell you its the both of us
And it was hard
Like coming off the pills that you take to stay happy
Someone above has seen me do alright
Someone above is looking with a tender eye
Upon your face, you may think youre alone but you may think again
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If I could do just one near perfect thing Id be happy
Theyd write it on my grave, or when they scattered
my ashes
On second thoughts Id rather hang around and
Be there with my best friend
If she wants me
And far away somebody read the letter
He condescends to read the words I wrote about him
And if he smiles, its no more than a genius deserves
For all his curious nerve and your passion
Im going deaf, youre growing melancholy
Things fall apart, I dont know why we bother at all
But life is good and Its always worth living at least for
a while
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If you think to yourself What should I do now?
Then take the baton, girl, you better run with it
There is no point in standing in the past cause its over and done with
I took a book and went into the forest
I climbed the hill, I wanted to look down on you
But all I saw was twenty miles of wilderness so I went home