I wrote you this letter

then i ripped it all up

and threw it away

i taped it back together

and it's been by my bed stand

until this day

today all my things were stolen

i came home to find

that someone broke in

there's nothing left of value here

but that taped up letter

that i wrote you last year

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BREATHE CAROLINA

PLEASE CAROLINA

DON'T LEAVE CAROLINA

PLEASE CAROLINA

TAKE A DEEP BREATH

JUST BREATHE CAROLINA

HAVE A CIGARETTE PLEASE

IT'LL HELP YOU WITH THE STRESS

LIKE THE FIRST CIGARETTE OF THE MORNING

SHE WAS GONE WITHOUT ANY WARNING

somehow i knew it all along

how the strangest little things

seem to keep me calm

like words penned in evaporating ink

spewed out before i had the chance to think

on a ripped up page

that you never even got

and the brand of smokes

that you can't smoke a lot

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BREATHE CAROLINA

PLEASE CAROLINA

DON'T LEAVE CAROLINA

PLEASE CAROLINA

TAKE A DEEP BREATH

JUST BREATHE CAROLINA

HAVE A CIGARETTE PLEASE

IT'LL HELP YOU WITH THE STRESS

LIKE THE FIRST CIGARETTE OF THE MORNING

SHE WAS GONE WITHOUT ANY WARNING

when the sand glows pink and amber

and the smoke blows away your anger

and the red bead marches on

like a small parade

and this one drag is your savior

so you save the note for later

somehow the words mean less

on a taped up page

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BREATHE CAROLINA

PLEASE CAROLINA

DON'T LEAVE CAROLINA

PLEASE CAROLINA

BREATHE CAROLINA

PLEASE CAROLINA

DON'T LEAVE CAROLINA

PLEASE CAROLINA

LIKE THE FIRST CIGARETTE OF THE MORNING

LIKE THE FIRST CIGARETTE OF THE MORNING