Track 2 of the live album Live at the Village Hall, Teacups Included · 2022
Dear You, Love Me, Written in Pencil
“Three pages written on the bus in pencil. Posy dedicated this one to the letter-writers in the room.”
xinyao · live ballad · romantic folk · 3:06
Lyrics
I licked the stamp and pressed it with my thumb Three whole pages written on the bus My handwriting runs downhill when I'm excited Every line is leaning into us I told you what the rain did to the lane How the neighbour's cat was sitting on my shoe I crossed out things too tender for the paper Then wrote them back because they're true Dear you, love me, written in pencil So I could change my mind and still not change it Dear you, love me, soft grey and smudging Every word I meant, I mean it still You wrote me back in blue and slanted ink A paragraph about your Tuesday train You told me that you kept my letter folded In a pocket through the rain So here's another page, another stamp Another little sunrise in the post The mailbox is the quiet kind of postman Who carries what we love the most Dear you, love me, written in pencil So I could change my mind and still not change it Dear you, love me, soft grey and smudging Every word I meant, I mean it still Some day we'll sit and read them side by side The crossings out, the coffee rings, the doodles Some day I'll hold your hand and say it plain But for now I'll let the paper do the talking Dear you, love me, written in pencil So I could change my mind and still not change it Dear you, love me, soft grey and smudging Every word I meant, I mean it still Dear you, love me Every word I meant, I mean it still