dave alvin i hope this letter finds you wherever you may be cause i mailed some awhile back and they were all returned to me ain t nothin i can tell you bout the hometown everything changes but nothing s new just sunday night at the kitchen table finishin a beer and thinkin of you and i still work the same job just live with my mom for free cause ever since the old man passed on it just got harder to leave well i heard a rumor that you got married though you swore that you never would i guess you finally got your own kids now you ever tell em bout the old neighborhood like the time we stole your dad s car drove all night down imperial highway you kept sayin maybe we should turn around and i said it don t take much to get away but i still work the same job just live with my mom for free cause ever since the old man passed on it just got harder to leave guess that s all that i ve got to tell you i guess things turned out how they re meant to be i just hope that this letter finds you but until then i ll just keep it with me and i still work the same job just live with my mom for free cause ever since the old man passed on it just got harder to leave