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The Letter
(v1)
I am the letter
She wanted to send
To beg his forgiveness
For bringing an end
To what he had thought
Was the dream of his life
All the plans that he had
To make her his wife
Chorus
Foolish girl, she waited too long
Certain that all she said
In me was wrong
Oh, she wrote and rewrote
But before she could post me
The boy had long gone
(v2)
Her life went amiss then
With choices she made
And every new heartbreak
The price that she paid
For nine foolish words
That wounded him so
And she’d soon regret them
Though he’d never know
Chorus
Foolish girl, she waited too long
Certain that all she said
In me was wrong
Oh, she wrote and rewrote
But before she could post me
The boy had long gone
Bridge
Time swept on past, her bright eyes grew dim
Yet she kept me beside her, while thinking of him
She folded and creased me, and drenched me in tears
Till the words in me smeared and paled over the years
(v3)
I am the letter
She clutched in her hand
As her life faded slowly
Like footprints in sand
And his name out loud
Was the last word she spoke
As I slipped from her fingers
With the “please” that she wrote
Chorus
Foolish girl, she waited too long
Certain that all she said
In me was wrong
Oh, she wrote and rewrote
But before she could post me
The boy had long gone
Outro
I am the letter
She wanted to send
But she left it too long
To help his heart mend
I am the letter...
© 2010 Donna Devine
