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I’ll write these words on paper,
but I’ve written them before,
and I’ll write them again and again
until they don’t mean a thing to me.

I want to whisper some words into your ear,
but you’ve heard them all before.
I haven’t spoken them in years
because they don’t mean a thing to me.

No, I’m not here.
You must have known, I’ve been gone for years.

I want to write some words in a letter
to my father back East.
We never spoke too much at home,
and things have only gotten worse with time.

Well I know I’ll never write that letter
My pen just won’t touch the paper,
and I don’t have the words to say.

That I’m not here.
You must have known, I’ve been gone for years.

I’m not trying hard enough
if you don’t believe every word that I say.
No, I must not be trying hard enough,
‘cause I don’t believe a single word that I say.

No, I’m not here.
You must have known I’ve been gone for years.

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from The Only Good Thing About the Forties, released April 17, 2010

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