I got sent to check the letterbox which was several km's away as punishment for shooting the shit out of my Dad's new fridge so I wrote this.
lyrics
Wish I’d kept every single letter you have written me.
Wish I’d caught every glowing smile that you sent for free.
At the end of a country mile, all I can see,
Is the letterbox so empty, so empty.
Wish I’d known what your leaving would do to me.
Wish I’d shown all the love that was meant to be.
Would it have been enough, could I have made it clear?
Or are my words just a paper cut soaked in beer?
At the end of a country mile, all I can see,
Is the letterbox so empty, so empty.
Wish I’d kept every single letter you have written me.
Wish I’d caught every glowing smile that you sent for free.
Still it wouldn’t it be enough, when I just want you here.
Is all my love just a paper cut to you stained in beer.
At the end of a country mile, all I can see,
the letterbox & it’s empty, so empty.
credits
from Shooting Fridges.,
released June 4, 2014
The Racketeer's with Kate Walker backing vox & Sarah Jean on Keys.
Recorded & mixed by Rohan Watson, Mastered by Harley Atwood.
Special thx to Django Upton for letting us use his Goldentone.
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