I just need to hear this right now...NOW WITH COMMENTARY!
If I could write a letter to me
and send it back in time to myself at seventeen
first I'd prove it's me by sayin'
look under your bed, there's a Skoal can and a Playboy - (No Skoal...YUCK...but ummm thats enough now)
no one else would know you hid
and then I'd say I know it's tough
when you break up after 7 months
and yeah I know you really liked her
and it just don't seem fair
but all I can say is pain like that is fast and it's rare -(I wish I was about 35-40 letting me know this...sometimes some wounds just WON'T heal)
and oh you got so much goin' for you
goin' right
but I know at 17 - (err 28 not 17)
it's hard to see past Friday night - (Some things never change..I still look forward to Firday Night)
she wasn't right for you
and still you feel like there's
a knife stickin' out of your back
and you're wonderin' if you'll survive
but you'll make it through this and you'll see
you're still around to write this letter to me
at the stop sign at Tomlinson and 8th - (Carter Hill)
always stop completely, don't just tap your brakes
and when you get a date with Bridgette -(Holly)
make sure the tank is full
on second thought forget it, that one turns out kinda cool. -(LOL sure Did)
each and every time you have a fight
just assume you're wrong and daddy's right. -(Yeah...Im realising this every day now)
and you should really thank Miss Brinkman - (Tanya Sells)
she spent so much extra time
It's like she sees the diamond underneath
and she's polishin' you 'til you shine.
and oh you got so much goin' for you
goin' right
but I know at 17
it's hard to see past Friday night
tonight's the bonfire rally
but you're staying home instead
because if you fail algebra -(English)
mom and dad'll kill you dead
trust me you'll squeak by and get a C
and you're still around to write this letter to me
you got so much up ahead
you'll make new friends -(More than I could ever imagine and miss the one who are away from me)
you should see your kids and wife
and I'd end by sayin' have no fear
these are nowhere near
the best years of your life -(guess my 35-40 y/o self needs to tell me this...)
I guess I'll see you in the mirror
when you're a grown man
p.s. go hug aunt Rita every chance you can - (Grandmother and Grandad)
and oh you got so much goin' for you
goin' right
but I know at 17
it's hard to see past Friday night
I wish you'd study Spanish - (Yeah this I wish as well)
I wish you'd take a typing class - (LOL....ok I need that one as well)
I wish you wouldn't worry let it be - (Need my 35 - 40 y/o tell me this constantly in the letter)
I'd say have a little faith and you'll see
if I could write a letter to me
to me...
