The year is 2002   I'm doing exactly what I wanted to   Baby I don't even think about you anymore      Just thought I?d drop you a line   To let you know I was doing fine   'Cause baby it's been a long, long time   Since you walked out my door      It took me some time I must confess   For a while there I was feeling less than my best   Had get out of town so I headed out west   Ended up in Seattle      I thought I?d start a brand new band   Thought I might call it Lonelyland   Things got a little out of hand   Ended up hooked on heroin      So ended up moving back over to Germany   Living with the folks baggin' grocery   The time I had was mostly free   I spent most of it drinking      I got myself in a jam or two   Guess it's what I had to do   Late at night I?d still thinkin' you   Felt like I was drowning      I met this girl at a discotheque   She is a dancer, baby, but not what you'd expect   She taught ballet   And she was half-Czech, half Chinese      But after she decided not to have the baby   Said she might move back to the Mainland maybe   But then I didn't really care   I was half drunk, half crazy      Got arrested, but never convicted   Parents eventually had me evicted   Tried your number, it been disconnected   Guess I should've known      Heard you got married and you moved away   Called your folks but where they wouldn't say   Said it's probably better that way   So I just let it be      Moved back to Austin 'bout a year ago   Drive a school bus I don't drink no more   Go out every once in a while and see show   But mostly I just watch TV      So I don't know where I?m gonna send this letter   I doubt things are ever going to get much better   Seems like life's one big whatever   Anyway      Just thought I?d drop you a line   Lie and say I was doing fine   'Cause baby it's been a long, long time   Since you walked out my door