Room 6 Letter

Dusting off the corners of a room that time forgot

Found a folded envelope beneath the threadbare cot

Room six holds a secret written forty years ago (ooh)

And the letter was still waiting

Left behind in the dark

A father's quiet sacrifice Etched upon a broken heart (waiting)

(ooh) He said he had to leave to keep the wolves away

from home

Wanted her to grow up safe while he set out to roam

I traced the name upon the back and started on my way

To find the daughter left behind

(a lifetime

away) Found her porch on a quiet street

She knew the name before I spoke

A reunion forty years in waiting (ahhhh)

She finally read the words he wrote And finally understood The letter

isn't waiting now (it found its way home) (ooh)