Return to Sender

[Verse 1] Your name came folded in the mailbox Blue ink softened by the rain I live behind a different number Still your Sunday paper came The porch has changed, the lock is newer Someone painted over the frame But this envelope kept traveling Like it never learned the change [Pre-Chorus] I held it up against the window Tried to see what time could save Then I wrote the only answer On the line beneath your name [Chorus] Return to sender, I’m sorry This is not your home anymore I can’t keep a piece of your story When I don’t know what it’s for Return to sender, I’m sorry Though the words feel cold and strange Your letter found the wrong doorway And I can’t make that change [Verse 2] There’s a crease where someone gripped it A small mark beside the seal I could guess the years between us But a guess won’t make it real Maybe it was news of someone Maybe just a bill unpaid Either way, I’m not the keeper Of the life you left away [Pre-Chorus] I held it up against the window Watched the afternoon turn gray Then I sent it back unopened With the words I had to say [Chorus] Return to sender, I’m sorry This is not your home anymore I can’t keep a piece of your story When I don’t know what it’s for Return to sender, I’m sorry Though the words feel cold and strange Your letter found the wrong doorway And I can’t make that change [Bridge] Maybe somewhere you still check the mailbox Maybe you moved and never told the past I’m just the hand that marks the envelope And lets it keep on going at last [Final Chorus] Return to sender, I’m sorry This is not your home anymore I can’t keep a piece of your story When I don’t know what it’s for Return to sender, I’m sorry Let the paper cross the miles I hope it reaches you unopened I hope you’re doing fine [Outro] Wrong doorway, old name Back it goes all the same