Long Lost Penpal

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Hello

Do you remember me
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I am your long lost pen pal
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It must have been ten years ago we last wrote
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I don’t really know what happened
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I guess life came in the way
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Let me know if you’re still alive
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Let me know if you ever used that knife or not

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Hello

Yes I remember you
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I’ve got a husband and two children now
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I work as an accountant and make fairly good money
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I still have your letters, you used a pink pen to write them
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And you would comfort me
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when my tears would stain the ink
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And I would send you mix tapes with Kate Bush on

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    I have to admit I sometimes lied in those letters
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Tried to make life better than it was
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I still wasn’t kissed at sixteen
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And I still need a friend
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There was this letter
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I never told you this back then
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But it would be fair to say it saved my life
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I sat in the window
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The only one left out from a party again
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Pretty sure I didn’t have a single friend
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Then I checked the mailbox

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Dear long lost penpal
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I was lying the whole time
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I’m really a 46 years old man named Luke
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I have three children
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and a wife, she doesn’t care
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And I hope you don’t resent me
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And I hope you do not hate me
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For trying to find my way back to what it’s like to be young


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    I have to admit I sometimes lied in those letters
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Tried to make life better than it was
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I still wasn’t kissed at sixteen
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And I still need a friend
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