[ti:The Letter] [ar:Passenger] [al:One for the Road (Songs from the Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry the Musical)] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.13]The Letter - Passenger [00:00.83]Lyrics by:Michael Rosenberg [00:01.73]Composed by:Michael Rosenberg [00:02.66]Arranged by:Jeremy Holland Smith [00:30.77]Dear girl in the garage I owe you the full story [00:42.93]Years ago I buried my son [00:45.40]I found him hanging where he'd hung [00:47.94]Himself out like an old pair of jeans [00:53.46]It's the worst thing that I've ever seen [00:58.87]And the first thing I see when I dream [01:04.48]So I don't do much sleeping now [01:07.18]I just keep wondering how [01:09.60]I lost the only thing I can't replace [01:15.57]Silently screaming in space [01:22.94]And it destroyed our marriage [01:27.99]Threw it from the top story [01:34.83]Maureen couldn't leave the house [01:37.22]She just stood there looking out [01:39.42]Through curtains like he'd be home soon [01:45.23]And the worst thing was that I knew [01:50.60]She'd see him in all that I do [01:56.21]She'd see him in the way I walked [01:59.03]And hear him in the words I'd talk [02:01.80]And catch him in the shadows of my face [02:07.10]We went silently drifting through space [02:13.14]Then there was Queenie [02:15.15]She said I shouldn't take the blame [02:17.81]She was soft and warm and all the things I lack [02:24.27]She helped me carry the heaviest burden [02:28.80]That a father can have upon his back [02:35.26]And I never thanked her for that [02:42.30]But I searched for courage [02:47.15]Like my father did before me [02:53.96]In the bottom of a whiskey glass [02:56.82]Spiralling and spinning fast [02:59.47]And bleeding out with every drink they'd pour me [03:04.67]It was the worst way to deal my pain [03:10.29]But the first thing that I turned to that didn't turn away [03:15.25]Then one night when I was drunk and hurt [03:18.20]I vandalised my place of work and lay down broken and disgraced [03:27.13]Wishing I could vanish in to space [03:32.82]Then there was Queenie she stood and took the blame [03:37.33]She was kind and brave and all the things I lack [03:43.77]She took the bullet for me she took the burden [03:48.70]She lost her job and never came back [03:54.47]Oh and I never thanked her for that [04:07.12]Dear girl in the garage [04:12.45]Now you know the full story [04:18.68]For months ago I left my home [04:21.68]To walk to Queenie all alone [04:24.03]Not for love for I've only ever loved my wife [04:29.49]But she helped me long ago and that is why [04:35.21]I knew I had to go I had to try [04:40.62]And I never would have walked [04:43.25]If we never had have talked [04:46.30]And the sun wouldn't have shone through the cracks [04:52.08]And I'd just like to thank you for that