[Title: Return to Sender] [Artist: Something’s Off Country] [Verse 1] I’d send you a letter Something you can’t hang up on Something that waits in the silence Long after the dial tone’s gone I’d fold up every midnight Every prayer I ever knew Seal it with a little hope And send it straight to you But your daddy gets the mailbox Before the sun gets high Reads names that ain’t his business Then decides what gets to fly And somewhere in a barrel Behind that old machine shed My words go up in smoke Before they ever reach your hands [Chorus] I’d send you a letter If the road was all I had If ink could cross a battlefield And tell you what we had But somebody keeps on burning What was never theirs to throw away Nobody throws my love away like that And thinks there won’t be a price to pay No, nobody throws my love away like that And if they do, they shouldn’t Life’s got a funny way of collecting debts From people who thought it wouldn’t [Verse 2] You never got the pages Never saw the things I’d write Never knew I fought a thousand storms To keep your memory in sight Maybe you believed the silence Maybe you believed the lie Maybe you thought I quit caring And never wondered why Funny thing about fire It don’t always win the war Sometimes it just lights a beacon People can see for miles and more [Chorus] I’d send you a letter Something stronger than a call Something that keeps on speaking Even if kingdoms fall But somebody keeps on burning What was never theirs to throw away Nobody throws my love away like that And thinks there won’t be a price to pay No, nobody throws my love away like that And if they do, they shouldn’t Be surprised when the truth walks in Like everybody knew it [Bridge] You can burn the paper You can black out every line You can hide the evidence You can steal a little time But you can’t burn the reason And you can’t torch what’s real You can’t stop a seed from growing By setting fire to the field [Final Chorus] So I’d send you a letter If I thought it’d reach your door I’d tell you I’ve been standing here Just like before And to anyone who’s burning bridges That were never theirs to own Be careful what you throw into the fire Some things come back home Yeah, nobody throws my love away like that And if they do, they shouldn’t Be surprised at what happens after When the truth arrives looking for them [Outro] Return to sender… That’s what the envelope said But love kept walking anyway…
