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[Verse 1]
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Dead letter, dead letter of immaculate attention,
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it's written in blood that flows through the pen tip.
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Dead letter, dead letter, failed to deliver,
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the message of love I wanted to give her.

[Verse 2]
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She sent a dead letter to the book on the shelf;
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she revealed some secrets she didn't want to tell.
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she died on the day that her baby was born
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and the dead letter rests and the healings were torn.

[Verse 3]
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Dead letter, dead letter addressed straight to hell,
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it's written to someone; it's written quite well.
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Dead letter, dead letter will never be read,
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I'll write you a letter as long its dead.

[Bridge]
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There was no response and they thought they had lost him,
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drugging and drinking cough syrup.
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When they cought up with him he just sat on the floor
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in a pile of dead letters he just couldn't finish.

[Verse 4]
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Dead letter, dead letter addressed to you,
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it says that I'm sorry; explains the whole truth.
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I said it you, oh, so long ago,
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I thought that you got it, I just didn't know.