I would write you a letter, one hundred pages long
I would knit you a sweater, so you could see the time I spent on it
And I would make you five dozen cookies, all your favorite kinds
I would wrap them up and send them as fast as I could
So you would get them in time
And I don't know why we don't work. I don't know why we don't work.
I don't know why we're still hurting, or why we keep trying long
after it stopped working. It stopped working
I would paint you a picture, oh as tall as the walls of your house
I would fly out your sister, to surprise you when you're feeling down
And if I could have just one more phone call, I'd sure call you today
Oh, but you've got love waiting, you've got your own adventure
And I think I'd just be in the way.
And I don't know why we don't work. I don't know why we don't work.
And I don't know why we're still hurting, or why we keep trying long after
It stopped working. It stopped working
I would sing you a love song, oh the kind you always wished I would write
Oh this is what I got, it's for the heavens to hear me
Cause my heart is breaking tonight
And I don't know why we don't work. I don't know why we don't work.
And I don't know why we're still hurting, or why we keep trying long after
It stopped working. It stopped working
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