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10 Letters

by Nathan Leigh Jones

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1.
The Way I'm Missing You 03:23
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Didn't mean to make you mad Didn't want to start a fight Could have talked it through today But you vanished overnight It's not about the keys you took to drive away my car It's not about the things you purchased on my credit card But it's all about the way I'm missing you As for where to send this note Well, it only took one guess Searched the phone book for their name Stumbled on your new address But I'm not trying to track you down to drag you back with me I'm don't want to make you someone you don't want to be Cause it's all about the way I'm Missing you, I'm missing you tonight 'Missing you' is missing out of sight Missing you If this ended up in court, We know who would win this case But I'd rather loose it all, Just to prove it when I say (when I say) That it's not about the keys you took to drive away my car It's not about the things you purchased on my credit card But it's all about the way I'm missing you So come back missing you Cause I am missing you Come back missing you Just come back, cause it's All about the way I miss you It's all about the way I need you It's all about the way I'm missing you
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Freakin Emotion 03:10
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A round of applause and a pat on the back to you You found my address, but I'll fill in the cryptic clues Although I'm sure you love me dearly This letter should spell it out more clearly, clearly: I don't need this freakin emotion Give it to someone else If you think being with you is the best I can do Then it's overrated Spare me from this freakin emotion I'm hitting the breaking point I won't give into the lie that you need me tonight If you want to see me, see me in your dreams In your dreams Well, find it obnoxious, but give me the chance to leave Find it offensive, but give me the space to breathe Now put two and two together Discover that I'm returning never, ever Cause I don't need this freakin emotion Give it to someone else If you think being with you is the best I can do Then it's overrated Spare me from this freakin emotion I'm hitting the breaking point I won't give into the lie that you need me tonight If you want to see me, you can't see me Cause I don't need it (no no no), I don't want it (no no no) I don't need it (no no no no...) I don't need it (no no no), I don't want it (no no no) I don't need it (no no no no...) I've said it before, I'll say it again: I don't need this freakin emotion Give it to someone else If you think being with you is the best I can do Then it's overrated Spare me from this freakin emotion I'm hitting the breaking point I won't give into the lie that you need me tonight If you want to see me, you can't see me Cause I don't need this freakin emotion
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Opposite Day 03:31
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It only took an envelope to seal your point of view It only took a postage stamp to voice the mind of you But fifty cents of stationery has torn my heart in two Though I'm still trying to figure things out It gets harder and harder to do If you leave, then you leave But it's torturing me And the kick is too harsh to ignore But if you ever regret what you said Then I'll let you hold this as your claim: It was opposite, opposite, opposite day I guess we saw the saga coming from a mile away Your minimal communication said all you can say I want you here, but what's the point if you don't want to stay? If you're still trying to figure things out Then I'm not gonna stand in your way If you leave, then you leave But it's torturing me And the kick is too harsh to ignore But if you ever regret what you said Then I'll let you hold this as your claim: It was opposite, opposite, opposite day Opposite, opposite day So I'm not gonna stand in your way No, I'm not gonna stand in your way If it's opposite, opposite day Opposite, opposite day Leave, you can leave Cause it's torturing me And the kick is too harsh to ignore But if you ever regret what you said Then I'll let you hold this as your claim: It was opposite, opposite, opposite day Opposite, opposite day But if you ever regret what you said Then I'll let you hold this as your claim: It was opposite, opposite, opposite day It only took an envelope to seal your point of view But I hope we can figure things out
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Day After Day 04:03
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What am I to say that won't evoke the pain That never seems to go away? Words are hind to find when nothing comes to mind But echoes of an empty promise Like 'I'll always love you', or 'I'll never leave you'... History goes to show your absence only grows With every letter that I send Seconds pass away as hours turn to days And though I've heard it said before To let bygones be bygones I'm not letting go of this love, no no No no no Cause day after day and time after time I find myself watching the window Knowing that year after year The flowers will fade away But the longing for you just gets stronger Nights are getting cold and days are wearing old With nothing but the thoughts of you Photos on the wall remind me of them all So coping isn't all that easy Yet I'll always love you And I'll never leave this to be, no no No no no Cause day after day and time after time I find myself watching the window Knowing that year after year The flowers will fade away But the longing for you just gets stronger Day after day you know the clocks are turning around The clouds roll on over as the sun settles down But as yesterday vanished, so tomorrow is grace Day after day What am I to say that won't evoke the pain That never seems to go away after Day after day and time after time I find myself watching the window Knowing that year after year The flowers will fade away But the longing for you just gets Stronger and stronger and stronger Tell me, what am I to say that won't evoke the pain That never seems to go away? Words are hind to find when nothing comes to mind But echoes of an empty promise...
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Won't Lock Up At Night 03:11
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You can come and enter unannounced Cause I have kept it open house Although the risk of theft is high I'd give up anything Cause I'm still thinking, I'm still thinking you you, yeah I'm thinking we know what the trouble is You're still thinking, you're still thinking of you, yeah You're thinking of you, of you, of you So I won't lock up, I won't lock up at night And I won't switch off, I won't switch off the lights Cause I'm still thinking, I'm still thinking you you, yeah I'm thinking we know what the trouble is You're still thinking, you're still thinking of you, yeah You're thinking of you, of you, of you Rates are high for electricity And yet it doesn't bother me As long as you can see the light I'd fork out anything Cause I'm still thinking, I'm still thinking you you, yeah I'm thinking we know what the trouble is You're still thinking, you're still thinking of you, yeah You're thinking of you, of you So I won't lock up, I won't lock up at night And I won't switch off, I won't switch off the lights Cause I'm still thinking, I'm still watching I'm still waiting for you People stop and stare They call me a hard-headed optimist But I don't care Still I won't lock up, I won't lock up at night And I won't switch off, I won't switch off the lights Cause I'm still thinking, I'm still thinking you you, yeah I'm thinking we know what the trouble is You're still thinking, you're still thinking of you, yeah You're thinking of you, of you So I won't lock up, I won't switch off I won't lock up, I won't switch off I won't lock up, I won't lock up at night Won't lock up at night
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Way Back When 04:04
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Come take a trip down memory lane Back before our lives had changed Back before complications We'd watch the sunset in the park Drink tequila after dark Count the stars until dawn And in the summer we'd sleep with a beach towel on the sand In autumn we'd meet for a soy chai latté somewhere, somewhere And it takes me, takes me back It takes me way back when You'd make me, make me melt away So hold me, hold me close Hold me close again And take me, take me way back when We used to score the front row seats To B-grade movies every week Two for one on a Tuesday We'd walk for hours in the rain To find our favourite takeaway Then call a cab to drive us home And in the winter we'd dry near the open fireplace In spring we'd just ride 'til the roads turned into nowhere, nowhere And it takes me, takes me back It takes me way back when You'd make me, make me melt away So hold me, hold me close Hold me close again And take me, take me way back when Take me way back when we laughed and when we cried And everything between When everything was you and me And everything was how it should have been So, take me, take me back again Take me, take me way back when Hold me, hold me close Hold me close again And take me, take me way back when Every thought just takes me, takes me back Takes me way back when You'd make me, make me melt away So hold me, hold me close Hold me close again And take me, take me way back when
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Insane 04:06
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Would you say it's strange that it all could end this way With your future engraved in the past Cause it gets to me when I think that you would leave When the best parts of you were with me Do you think who I am is insane To pursue you again and again? Well, I've given my best But it seems I'm only wasting my breath Cause you're cutting my throat like a knife When you think I'm too wrong to be right While I still forgave every single stab you made It's the wounds I find hard to forget And yet my life would bleed if it meant that you'd be free From the person you think you've become Who would kill me with all that you've done Do you think who I am is insane To pursue you again and again? Well, I've given my best But it seems I'm only wasting my breath Cause you're cutting my throat like a knife When you think I'm too wrong to be You think I'm too wrong to be When you think I'm too wrong to be right Hope fades into the black of the night Though my heart's lying silent on it's death bed Oh, it'll keep loving you So even while you're cutting my throat Let me offer these three words of hope: I am waiting Waiting for you to come back Still you think who I am is insane To pursue you again and again Well, I've given my best But it seems I'm only wasting my breath Cause you're cutting my throat like a knife When you think I'm too wrong to be right And you're cutting my throat like a knife When you think I'm too wrong to be right And you're cutting my throat like a knife When you think I'm too wrong to be right
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Your Best Words 04:54
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It's three in the morning and I'm wide awake I've burned all my bridges and dug my own grave The party is over and I want to go home, I need to come home Your last several letters have put me to shame Out with the junk mail and sealed to this day I guess I was scared of the truth And what you would write to me What did you write to me? If you've been saving your best words for last Then one final letter is all that I ask Fill it with your best words and I'll take them on And I'll reimburse every dollar I spent Give me slave labour, I'll pay off this debt Just let me camp out in the yard At least I'd be close to you I want to be close to you Cause if you've been saving your best words for last Then one final letter is all that I ask Fill it with your best words and I'll take them on And I understand if you bill me for cash I guess it makes sense if you never write back But send to me your best words And I'll take them on Are you still missing me, still missing me tonight? You should know that missing me Has seen that you were right So write to me your best words Send me your best words Post me your best words I must read your best words Cause if you've been saving your best words for last Then one final letter is all that I ask Fill it with your best words Fill it with your best words Just fill it with your best words and I'll take them on Write to me your best words Send me your best words Post me your best words I must read your best words
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3D (All That I Want) 03:55
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Do do do do... Finally it seems we're heading in the right direction Every word you wrote has overridden your rejection And because you poured your thoughts into that paper I guess I've read your mind Half a dozen times But as irony would have it, ever since you wrote that letter Suddenly my hopes were placed on something even better But hey, don't get me wrong, my heart's exploding At everything you wrote But there's one thing you've got to know All that I want, all that I want is you, next to me And all that I need, all that I need is you, in 3D I've got your photo in a frame With your letter I should do the same But these things are only paper thin when you could be In 3D Do do do do... You never scored your points from being on your best behaviour You never even changed a thing in putting pen to paper Cause my heart won't operate like a reward scheme You've somehow go to earn I hope by now you will have learned That all that I want, all that I want is you, next to me And all that I need, all that I need is you, in 3D I've got your photo in a frame With your letter I should do the same But these things are only paper thin when you could be In 3D Please excuse the smudging ink, I can't hold back the tears But you could see them on my face, if only you were here If only you were here with me In 3D Do do do do... All that I want, all that I want is you, next to me And all that I need, all that I need is you, in 3D I've got your photo in a frame With your letter I should do the same But these things are only paper thin when you could be with me All that I want, all that I want is you All that I need, all that I need is you All that I want, all that I want is you All that I need, I want you here in 3D
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The Waiting 04:29
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This letter won't make it home Before I arrive tomorrow While it's sorted and lost in the post I'll be back in time for lunch But just for the books, just for the record Here's the response you've been craving for months So I hope that it's worth Hope that it's worth the waiting I can picture your facial expression When I arrive tomorrow You'll be laughing, yet blinking to fight back those tears You can't withhold And if I know you, you'll throw a party You'll go overboard, more than you should afford Well I hope that I worth, Hope that I'm worth the waiting And although I know that I'm far from worth I'm far from worth the waiting Please, say that I'm worth Just tell me I'm worth it, that I'm worth it Well, this letter won't make it home Before I arrive tomorrow But I'd give it, what, a couple of days And you'll check the letterbox You'll laugh out loud, run back up the driveway Burst through the door, drop the bills on the floor And you'll read this to me, every last word And you'll place it away on the fridge for display And you'll hold me just like you did back in those days And what I long to hear would be breathed in my ear That I've always been worth Somehow, always been worth the waiting

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released June 1, 2006

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