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[Verse 1]
C I just stepped on a plane, my Embags on the shelf
I find my Amseat in the middle and plan to Fkeep to myself
The Cpilots comes on, says "there's Embeen a delay"
And I Amsigh, buckle up, and preFpare for the wait
There's a Cmiddle aged woman on my rightEm by the window
No Amring on her finger maybe diFvorced or a widow?
She's Cdrafting an email and from Emwhere I am seated
I can Amside eye that shit, so of courseF I'm gon' read it
It said:C Dear McCracken
Em This is already greatAm dude's got a pen pal and a Fkiller last name
She Copens with an inside jokeEm and she's hopin' to set a Amcasual tone, her words Fcarefully chosen
She was Csure that her week spent in EmHouston would drag
But then a Amface from her past quickly changedF all of that
The Ctrip was for business, she's Emused to the travel
But this Amtime she's not ready to head Fback to Seattle
[Chorus]
C Dear McCracken, I'd Grather be off this plane Am
I can't admit the half of Fit that I want to say
C Do I pretend? Do I Gpush you away?
I'm jet Amlaggin' McCracken and I'll Fgive you
I'll give you your space
[Verse 2]
C Em Am F I can Ctell by the abuse of the backEmspace key
There's a heartAm balanced on how her Fwords are perceived
She's Cretyped that fourth paragraphEm four times
Swinging the Amtone back forth until she's Fso satisfied
That he knowsC that even though their Empaths have diverged
There's an Amair of regret but not enoughF to reverse
And I am Cstunned, there I sit, compEmletely convinced
That onceAm you grow old you stop Fdealin' with this
The Cuncertain, the hurtin', the Emfeelin' like dirt when thingsAm don't
Work out by the Ffall of the curtain
She hits Csend, powers off, and we're Emready to go
And I am Amsad for the passion that McFCracken, he might never know
[Chorus]
C Dear McCracken, I'd Grather be off this plane Am
I can't admit the half of Fit that I want to say
C Do I pretend? Do I Gpush you away?
I'm jet Amlaggin' McCracken and I'll Fgive you
I'll give you your
C Dear McCracken, I'm Gkeepin' this on my chest Am
I said a lot of things but Fnone of them what I meant
C Do I pretend? Do I Gtry to forget?
I'm jet Amlaggin' McCracken and I Fwish you
I wish you the best
[Interlude]
C G Am F
[Bridge]
C And I thought, I Gthought by that age
Am Our broken Fhearts had seen their worst
C And I thought that Gkind of heartache was Ammeant for the young
But we're Fnever too old to hurt
C And I thought, I Gthought by that age
Am Our broken Fhearts had seen their worst
C And I thought that Gkind of heartache was Ammeant for the young
But we're Fnever too old to hurt
[Interlude]
C Em Am F
[Verse 3]
C I just stepped off a plane, I've Emgot one regret
I know I'll Amnever get closure or ever Fsee how it ends
No I Cwon't know his answer, what Emhappens between them
And why she Amkept her cards so close even Fshe couldn't see them
What Cgave her such pause when she Emso clearly wanted
To tell you Amall the emotions she tried Fso hard to bottle
And I'll Cnever know why she kept the Ehonest truth from you
But Amoh Dear McCracken
In the Grough draft
Oh in the roughF draft
In the rough draft she loved you
[Outro]
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