Salty tears on a mostly blank page    because you chose to ignore me    Down on my luck 'cuz you didn't answer    and the letter that you mailed    It wasn't for me       I tried to write the perfect letter    I tried to sing the perfect song    But every time I opened up my mouth    It seems that those perfect words came out wrong       (chorus)    I can only make so much sense with such little time    I can only use so many words but they never rhyme       Now that I see you time and time again    It makes my heart skip and then some    Because you chose to ignore me    And the letter that you mailed it wasn't for me       I tried to make the perfect phone call    But somebody tapped my line    They took the words right out of my mouth    Why do I bother to waste my time?       (chorus)    And I tried to write her a letter    But the mailman said that she don't live here... anymore