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Box Full of Letters Lyrics
Got a box full of letters
Think you might like to read
Some things that you might like to see
But they're all addressed to me
Wish I had a lotta answers
Cause that's the way it should be
For all these questions
Being directed at me
I just can't find the time
To write my mind
The way I want it to read
You'll come back again
And I'll still be your friend
I got a lot of your records
In a separate stack
Some things that I might like to hear
But I guess I'll give 'em back
I wish I had a lotta answers
Cause that's the way it should be
All these questions
Being directed at me
Just can't find the time
To write my mind
The way I want it to read
You'll come back again
And I'll still be your friend
I can't find the time
To write my mind
The way I want it to read
Just can't find the time
To write my mind
The way I want it to read
Think you might like to read
Some things that you might like to see
But they're all addressed to me
Cause that's the way it should be
For all these questions
Being directed at me
To write my mind
The way I want it to read
And I'll still be your friend
In a separate stack
Some things that I might like to hear
But I guess I'll give 'em back
Cause that's the way it should be
All these questions
Being directed at me
To write my mind
The way I want it to read
And I'll still be your friend
To write my mind
The way I want it to read
To write my mind
The way I want it to read
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This one sounds like its from Jeff Tweedy with love to Jay Farrar. Alot of the tunes on AM are breakup songs which makes me think that thery'e really about the break up of Uncle Tupelo. This one in particular strikes me as being about Uncle Tupelo b/c of the records line, and because there's no lovey dovey stuff. On a lot of the other songs there is a lot of ambiguity as to whether it a romantic breakup or not, but on this one he never really alludes to romance, he just wants to be friends again. Also it seems to me that the questions that he doesn't have answers too are the ones from the media.
This is how I interpret this song too.
This is how I interpret this song too.
its amazing how u can understand everything from such subtle wording.."I got a lot of your records In a separate stack" instant emotion. gorgeous. Xx
i think this song sorta sounds like a person who's old friend moved away, and is writing him, but he's not writing back because he just can't find the time to write his mind the way he wants it to read. but he'll still be his friend when he moves back.
My take is that it is a song about fan mail.
There's too many to reply to in any meaningful way, and sometimes fans send in their own demos or covers that he doesn't have time to listen to. He feels a little guilty that he can't respond, but he knows that the fans will still come back to the shows and buy the music. And that he appreciates each one.