轻柔和缓的旋律和声线，不想打扰谁，只诉说一个小小的故事
或者说这歌本身就是一个不怎么起眼的普通人，如歌词中的那个“我”，也会与很多人擦肩而过，只是不知有几人有兴趣花点时间了解他的生活，听听他的故事
找一个陌生的笔友，在信中描绘一个理想的生活，暂时忘记现实中无力改变的遗憾与不快，也许这也是一种不错的活法，只需要一点点想象力
感觉这首歌与阿梅丽·诺冬笔下的《某种活法》异曲同工，不过讲述了两个不同而又同样孤独的人记录在信纸上的另一种活法
Long Lost Penpal
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
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