I watch the sun come up while you're sleeping it off
When you go out for your news and curse your smoker's cough
I bring you bills to pay
And letters from the state
Then you go inside and I walk away
I'm the postman
I'm the postman

And I walk you street for hours like some kind of jerk
With my grey clip tie and my pressed blue shirt
And when you leave for work
I think you're turning to flirt
But you're turning away and it always hurts
I'm the postman
I'm the postman

I know why you stare East, it's where your man's run off
And I know why your trash bin is brimming with his art
'Cause when he was abroad
I read his last postcard
He met some brit named Cass and it broke your heart
I'm the postman
I'm the postman


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    because there are two versions to this song -- actually, three if you count the remix by styrofoam. this posted version, as i understand, came from a CD that was included with FADER magazine a few years back. the CD contains three exclusive, unreleased tracks from amanset (immaculate heart, the postman, play hurt) and three tracks from a band called white magic (day, twilight, night).

    also just wanted to say: a beautiful song. one of my most listened to tracks of all time.

    deathcabdriveron December 02, 2008   Link

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