[00:16.35]Dear Slim you wont remember me
[00:19.41]Im just another voice inside this storm
[00:22.69]I used to tape your records off TV
[00:25.50]wore out the cassette till the sound was warm
[00:28.78]My old man drank the rent away each June
[00:32.03]Your voice was all I had inside that room
[00:35.32]I wrote six times I know youre on the road
[00:38.56]But maybe you could lighten up this load
[00:41.49]And my teas gone cold again
[00:46.51]Im staring at the window pane
[00:49.96]The rain wont wash away this stain
[00:52.87]And I dont know if I can wait in vain
[01:08.52]I saw you on the late show laughing loud
[01:11.43]Some joke about a kid lost in the crowd
[01:14.91]I memorized the look you gave the host
[01:17.80]You looked so clean like youd forgotten most
[01:20.40]Im standing by the bridge where we first met
[01:23.69]not you and me but me and your cassette
[01:26.90]The waters high tonight I brought your chain
[01:30.14]I guess Ill never understand this fame
[01:33.00]And my teas gone cold again
[01:37.90]Im calling out your name in rain
[01:41.28]The sirens sing their old refrain
[01:44.38]I dont suppose youll feel the pain
[01:50.70]Dear Chris I got your letter late
[02:14.90]It sat inside a truck three states away
[02:18.00]I read it on the floor of some hotel
[02:21.17]I aint no hero kid Im tired as hell
[02:24.09]My daughter asked me why I looked so pale
[02:27.68]I told her someone sent me heavy mail
[02:30.87]You wrote that bridge felt like a friend to you
[02:33.98]Ive stood there too I never made it through
[02:37.12]Hold on I know the rain sounds like a lie
[02:43.28]But even storms get bored and leave the sky
[02:49.47]My teas gone warm this time
[02:54.91]The clouds are breaking into lines
[02:57.75]I think I see a little shine
[03:02.36]Im glad you stayed to see the climb