Capo: 5 G D I wrote a letter on a nothing day G D I asked somebody "Could you send my letter away?" G D G D "You are too young to put all of your hopes in just one envelope" G D I said goodbye to someone that I love G D It's not just me, I tell you it's the both of us G D G D And it was hard like coming off the pills that you take to stay happy G D Someone above has seen me do alright G D Someone above is looking with a tender eye G D G D Upon her face, you may think you're alone but you may think again G D If I could do just one near perfect thing I'd be happy G D They'd write it on my grave, or when they scattered my ashes Em G On second thoughts I'd rather hang about and be there with my best D friend if she wants me G D And far away somebody read the letter G D He condescends to read the words I wrote about him G D G And if he smiles, it's no more than a genius deserves D G D For all your curious nerve and your passion G D I'm going deaf, you're growing melancholy G D Things fall apart, I don't know why we bother at all G D G D But life is good and "It's always worth living at least for a while" G D If I could do just one near perfect thing I'd be happy G D They'd write it on my grave, or when they scattered my ashes Em G On second thoughts I'd rather hang about and be there with my best D friend if she wants me G D If you think to yourself "What should I do now?" G D Then take the baton, girl, you better run with it G D G D There is no point in standing in the past cause it's over and done with G D I took a book and went into the forest G D I climbed the hill, I wanted to look down on you G D G D But all I saw was twenty miles of wilderness so I went home