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lyrics

well i waited till it got good and hot
and everyone went to the water
and i was thinking how amelia took her plane to sea
and they never caught her
and the mailbox is at the house not the road
so i can’t just leave this letter and run
and i pay the kid next door my last dollar
and hope it’s enough for him to get the job done

and it’s easier to think you just didn’t notice when i snuck away
and it’s more romantic to consider that the letter just didn’t get delivered
and it’s not that you just had nothing left to say

i told him i’m tired of being known in small small circles
as the girl that could have – but didn’t
the one who had everything lined up in a row
and then walked away, indifferent
and he just scuffed his shoes on the sidewalk
and kinda cocked his head up at me sideways
he checked the dollar bill to see if it was real
and glanced over my shoulder, out towards the freeways

and he said it really is this hot, we learned in school that the earth is baking
and i was thinking about the last plane to Bermuda –
was it a risk worth taking?
maybe she’s been there faking it
all this time

and i almost always woke up first
the sun hitting my face on its way through the blinds
there was no way to know in that comfortable bed
in that comfortable time
that the sun was breeding cancer in my head
a good excuse for how it came about
that our cars are parked in separate driveways
and you never leave the house and you never do go out

and I think she probably went down somewhere
but it hurt less over water than the pavement
and I kinda think that little boy read it
and even with his 10 yr old logic
saw that maybe it was better
thrown away
thrown away

and it’s easier to think you just didn’t notice when i snuck away
and it’s more romantic to consider that the letter just didn’t get delivered
and it’s not that you just had nothing left to say

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from Little Films, released September 27, 2006

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Vanessa Peters Austin, Texas

Indie singer/songwriter from Texas. Musician, Italophile, Virgo, coffee nerd, food lover, bossy-pants, big ol' softie.
I've released 10+ albums and played over 1000 shows in 11 countries. I'm not done yet.

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