Lyrics: The Letter Home
Artist: Elvis Costello
Album: The Juliet Letters
Song: The Letter Home
Released: 1993
Rating:
17.1 out of 100Please log in to rate this song.
The Letter Home lyrics
c/0 St. Ignatus House, Willoughby Drive, Parrametta,
New South Wales
This fifth day of July, in the year of Our Lord nineteen
hundred and thirty five
Why must I apologize every time that I sit down to write
Through my own fault I may find
You're no longer living at this address
Please excuse the lack of news
The feeling of strange privilege
for the hour of trial, in these times of distress
Mean more than years imprisoned by etiquette.
I can remember when we were children
Though I could never imagine this day
Your brother told me we'd live forever
"I'll go one better," I heard myself say
And it seems so strange, now that he's gone to recall all these
games
While the years have divided us
Friendships have strained and broken
Oh, by the way, how's that girl that you wed
I hated you then, but I'm over the worst of it
I can't come home, I might as well say, life is short
I shall not write again
New South Wales
This fifth day of July, in the year of Our Lord nineteen
hundred and thirty five
Why must I apologize every time that I sit down to write
Through my own fault I may find
You're no longer living at this address
Please excuse the lack of news
The feeling of strange privilege
for the hour of trial, in these times of distress
Mean more than years imprisoned by etiquette.
I can remember when we were children
Though I could never imagine this day
Your brother told me we'd live forever
"I'll go one better," I heard myself say
And it seems so strange, now that he's gone to recall all these
games
While the years have divided us
Friendships have strained and broken
Oh, by the way, how's that girl that you wed
I hated you then, but I'm over the worst of it
I can't come home, I might as well say, life is short
I shall not write again
Sponsored Links
Popularity The Letter Home
Jun
2023
2023
Jul
2023
2023
Aug
2023
2023
Sep
2023
2023
Oct
2023
2023
Nov
2023
2023
Dec
2023
2023
Jan
2024
2024
Feb
2024
2024
Mar
2024
2024
Apr
2024
2024
May
2024
2024
Review this song:
Reviews The Letter Home
No reviews yet! Be the first to make a contribution! |