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