Send me a letter through the United States mail
Don't put your name on the label
Inside the package put something of mine
That would suggest who it might be
Pick out an item from the things I left behind
Something that's flat and fits in an envelope
Pictures of you and of me would be good
Or maybe that card that I gave you for christmas
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It would serve as a clue
Of someone that I once knew
Because I'm going to forget you
If you're afraid you can't remember my address
Just my sister, who I hear you still talk with
She has my most recent mailing address
She'll give it to you if you just go and ask her
But tell her not to tell me about the letter
So I can have those few seconds of confusion
When a letter arrives at my new empty apartment
I'll wonder who sent it to me and why
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Send me a letter through the United States mail
Don't put your name on the label
Pick out an item from the things I left behind
If you're afraid you can't remember my address