Paper And Pen

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There's a letter in a shoe box 
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in a dresser she keeps locked
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But she's never read it all the 
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way through
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It was the last one he wrote her, 
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she was sure it was over
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From all that he told her in the 
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first line or two
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He said times are hard now, got 
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some things left to sort out
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And a man and his freedom don't 
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easily part
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That's where she stopped reading,
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 her soul was bleeding
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So she chose her weapon and went 
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for his heart


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With paper and pen she got her 
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last word in
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I never loved you was lie she 
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wrote him
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He couldn't believe the reply he'd 
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received
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What sad tragedy for good love to 
end
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Ah who needs a knife when you can
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Take someone's life with paper and 
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pen


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Well, they say he went crazy, in
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 just a few days he
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Got on the bottle and went out of 
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his mind
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To this day, she don't know in 
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the letter that he wrote
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He asked for her hand in the very
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 last line


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With paper and pen she got her 
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last word in
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I never loved you was lie she 
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wrote him
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He couldn't believe the reply he'd 
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received
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What sad tragedy for good love to 
end
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Ah who needs a knife when you can
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Take someone's life with paper and 
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pen
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Ah who needs a knife when you can
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Take someone's life with paper and 
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pen