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The Private Press
Letter From Home

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Letter From Home

Release date: 2nd June 2002

From The Private Press

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About This Track

"Letter From Home" is a track by DJ Shadow, from the album The Private Press, released 2nd June 2002. Full lyrics are available below.

About the Artist

DJ Shadow

DJ Shadow

Lyrics

Letter From Home

451 Commercial Avenue

Apartment K, Richmond, California

September 9, 1951

Dear Lester

I'm sorry I didn't write before

And because this record wasn't sent

Which I intended doing before this

Everything went wrong

Tonight, we got together and kept the kids up

And decided to have a little fun making this record

Well of course, coming up

We didn't have a lot of trouble, we had a lot of fun

Momma slept all the way, and I didn't get tired driving

Was over anxious

We got in about 12:45

Got to Richmond, woke the family up

And there are so many things I could say

I just can't get them together

I'll let you hear from somebody else

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Track details

From The Private Press

2002

Album

The Private Press

Release year

2002

—Blood on the Motorway
—Monosylabik, Pts. 1 & 2
—Fixed Income
—Giving Up The Ghost
—Mashin’ on the Motorway
—...Meets His Maker
—Letter From Home (Part 2)
—Mongrel...
—Letter From Home
—Right Thing / GDMFSOB (Clean Instrumental Version)
—Un Autre Introduction
—Walkie Talkie

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