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