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