The Letter – Elton John

What’s this?

It’s a letter

I can see it’s a letter

You can open it if you want

Thank God for that, the suspense was killing me

It’s from me mum

Your mum?

She wrote it for us when I was eighteen, but since I couldn’t wait

I see

You can read it if you want
Read it out

Dear Billy
I must seem a distant memory

Which is…

Which is probably a good thing
And it will have been a long-

Long time

And I will have missed you growing
And I’ll have missed you crying
And I’ll have missed you laugh

Missed your stomping and your shouting
I have missed telling you off
But please, Billy
Know that I was always there
I was with you through everything

And please, Billy…

But please, Billy
Know that I will always be
Proud to have known you
Proud that you were mine
Proud in everything
And you must promise me this, Billy

In everything you do
Always be yourself, Billy
And you always will be true

And I will have missed you growing
And I’ll have missed you crying
And I’ll have missed you laugh

Missed your stomping and your shouting
I have missed telling you off
But please, Billy
Know that I was always there
I was with you through everything
And please, Billy
Know that I will always be
Proud to have known you

Love you forever

Love you forever

Mam