2002

F C the years 2002 Am F i’m doing exactly what i wanna do F C G and baby i don’t even think about you anymore F C just thought id drop you a line Am C and let you know i was doing fine F C cause baby it’s been a long long time G since you walked out my door ( pretty much repeated throughout . the end of the second line of each stanza is sometimes C and sometimes F , so just listen . ) it took me some time i must confess for a while there i was feeling less than my best had to get out of town so i headed out west ended up in seattle i thought id start a brand new band thought i might call it lonelyland things got a little out of hand ended up hooked on heroin so i ended up moving back over to germany living with the folks baggin’ groceries but the time i had was mostly free spent most of it drinking i got myself in a jam or two guess it’s what i had to do but late at night id still think of you felt like i was drowning ’til i met this girl at a discotheque she was a dancer , baby , but not what you’d expect she taught ballet and she was half - czech half chinese but after she decided not to have the baby said she might move back to the mainland maybe by then i didn’t really care i was half drunk , half crazy i got arrested but never convicted my parents eventually had me evicted tried your number it had been disconnected guess i shouldve known i heard you got married and you moved away i called your folks but where they would not say said it’s probably better that way so i just let it be i moved back to austin ’bout a year ago drive a school bus , and i don’t drink no more i go out every once in a while and see a show but mostly i just watch tv so i don’t know where im gonna send this letter doubt things are ever gonna get much better it seems like life’s one big whatever anyway i just thought id drop you a line lie and say i was doing fine ’cause baby it’s been a long long time since you walked out my door