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Unmailed Letters

by Manko Eponymous

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The first track from 2001's "Like Fries Love Ketchup." As yet never performed live.

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If you thought the letters I sent to you were pretty weird
I bet you'd have a real good laugh at the ones I didn't
All the hours I spent writing them just disappeared
When I decided soon thereafter they should stay hidden
But what if I told her this, and said it just this way
Ah, look, here's the one I wrote on Valentine's Day
Now you're out of my life but not my head
And there's a pile of unmailed letters by my bed.

I never figured out what it was that scared you so
I only know it must've looked a lot like me
And time after time I tried to find words to let you know
That all I ever wanted was to see you happy and free
All the cartoon character stationery, different colored ink
What made me think you could give a damn about what I think?
And I could write a book of all I almost said
In the pile of unmailed letters by my bed.

Wouldn't it make more sense to throw them all away
And not waste another minute on a wasted word?
But will I ever find someone else to make me want to say
All the best things I ever said - that no one ever heard?
Someone said the saddest words of tongue or pen
Were either "if only" or "what might've been"
And I'd give anything to read your mind for a moment instead
Of the pile of unmailed letters by my bed
But now you're out of my life and not my head
And there's a pile of unmailed letters by my bed.

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