the letter home

Singer:costello, elvis

c/0 st. ignatus house

willoughby drive

parrametta

new south wales

this fifth day of july

in the year of our lord nineteen

hundred and thirty five

why must i apologize every time that i sit down to write

through my own fault i may find

you're no longer living at this address

please excuse the lack of news

the feeling of strange privilege

for the hour of trial

in these times of distress

mean more than years imprisoned by etiquette. i can remember when we were children

though i could never imagine this day

your brother told me we'd live forever

i'll go one better

Lyric Context: the letter home - costello, elvis