Write me a letter If it's the last thing you do I feel better Hearing some words from you I should have listened When you said I wouldn't be Some kind of hero I would be only me You should have told me There was so better than I I'm learning the hard way That what I've got no one would buy The West Coast was hard I was crazy To think I could beat All of those men who spent All of their lifes on the street I was trying to write a hit song But the words just came out wrong And I wouldn't have tried to cry if only I knew I was trying to write a hit tune Though I have a bullet real soon But it ain't that way And I'm begging to stay with you Send me a postcard Telephone me if you can I'm back in the same place Still the same kind of man Don't you remember you said you'd be waiting for me I'm taking the next plane back to reality I was trying to write a hit song But the words just came out wrong And I wouldn't have tried to cry if only I knew I was trying to write a hit tune Thought I have a bullet real soon But it ain't that way And I'm begging to stay with you I was trying to write a hit song But the words, they came out wrong And I wouldn't have tried to cry if only if only, if only I knew I was trying to write a hit tune Thought I have a bullet real soon But it ain't that way And I'm begging to stay with you