I'd like a flat white

A day of pale skies and a real kiss

Inside an old house

By the seaside you can take off my blouse

But take it from me

I'm disorderly and you'd be off better

Writing someone else your love letter

'Cause I'm always on the road

And of course I wanna know you better

But you know the way it goes

Well, a telegram's no substitute

When it comes to living proof

Oh, go on and write somebody else

Oh, somebody else, oh anybody your love letter

So I need a flight home

There's no day to argue, no I need my pillow

Well, inside an old house

By the seaside you can take off my blouse

But take it from me

I'm disorderly and you'd be off better

Writing someone else your love letter

'Cause I'm always on the road

And of course I wanna know you better

But you know the way it goes

And a telegram's no substitute

When it comes to living proof

Go on and write somebody else

Somebody else, somebody else a love letter

Oh, living in that chest is a big, big heart

One that I've known from the very start

Living in that chest is a big, big heart

One that I've known from the very start

Oh, living in that chest is a big, big heart

One that I've known from the very start

Oh, living in that chest is a big, big heart

One that I've known from the very start

Go on, write somebody else your love letter

'Cause I'm always on the road

And of course, of course I wanna know you better

But you know the way it goes


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    agree with remindsmeofyou. i had never heard this song until i bought Wonder, and now it's one of my favourites on the album. great song

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