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Dear Jonathan Richman

from The Youngest Sister by Sam Russell & the Harborrats

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dear Jonathan Richman, do you remember me
I’m the girl that wrote to you from ages 9 to 15
my sister went backstage at one of your shows
she told you all about me how all your songs I did know
and you wrote down your address for her to give to me
you said that I should write you sometime just to what’s up to see

and so I wrote you and you wrote me back
I didn’t think it was unusual to just write somebody back
you’d tell about your kids, draw me pictures
I’d ask if your songs were true and you would say “sure!”
you’d send me postcards from Italy, wherever you were on the road
I thought you wrote back to every kid, I was too young to know

then one day I stopped writing, it just felt a little bit weird
I didn’t want to be a kid anymore, I just wanted to drink some beer

and then I went to see you and after you played a song
you asked is Diana out there somewhere in the crowd
and I just froze up, I couldn’t say a thing
and so you just moved on and next song began to play
and I still feel bad about that, I wonder if you were hurt
I wonder if you wonder what happened to me why last letter was never returned

dear Jonathan Richman, I want you to know
how much your letters meant to me even if you off I did blow
maybe somebody I’ll come see you and introduce myself backstage
and even if you don’t remember me I’ll say “hey Jonathan thanks”

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from The Youngest Sister, released November 11, 2007

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