Long lost penpal
Hello
Do you remember me?
I am your long lost pen pal
It must have been ten years ago we last wrote.
I don't really know what happened,
I guess life came in the way.
Let me know if you're still alive.
Let me know if you ever used that knife or not.
Hello,
Yes I remember you.
I've got a husband and two children now.
I work as an accountant and make fairly good money.
I still have your letters, you used a pink pen to write them.
And you would comfort me,
when my tears would stain the ink.
And I would send you mix tapes with Kate Bush on.
I have to admit I sometimes lied in those letters.
Tried to make life better than it was,
I still wasn't kissed at sixteen.
And I still need a friend.
There was this letter.
I never told you this back then.
But it would be fair to say it saved my life,
I sat in the window.
The only one left out from a party again.
Pretty sure I didn't have a single friend
Then I checked the mailbox.
Dear long lost penpal,
I was lying the whole time.
I'm really a 46 years old man named Luke
I have three children
and a wife, she doesn't care.
And I hope you don't resent me.
And I hope you do not hate me.
For trying to find my way back to what it's like to be young.
I have to admit I sometimes lied in those letters.
Tried to make life better than it was,
I still wasn't kissed at sixteen.
And I still need a friend.
