[ti:The Love Letter] [ar:Carrie Newcomer] [al:The Bird Or The Wing] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]The Love Letter - Carrie Newcomer [00:07.05]When you look real close you can see real good [00:10.85]You can see the imperfections [00:13.40] [00:13.96]Now that we know the crooked and the straight [00:16.72] [00:17.32]We can love in real completion [00:21.03] [00:28.54]It's a danger to love for tomorrow [00:30.63] [00:31.37]It's a danger to love for the better [00:34.67] [00:35.23]But if it's not there it's just not there [00:38.77]With the things that really matter [00:41.13] [00:42.83]Taking it just the way that it is [00:45.68] [00:46.29]I'm taking it at face value [00:47.71] [00:49.63]Things can look better in the distance [00:52.91]But that not the way I want to love you [00:55.85] [00:59.43]I want to love you that close [01:01.93] [01:02.61]I want to love you that close [01:05.43] [01:06.83]I want to love you that close [01:10.02]I'm taking it just the way that it is [01:13.28] [01:17.57]Opinions will fly back and forth [01:19.56] [01:20.15]And to disagree can be treason [01:22.60] [01:24.20]But you have loved my stronger side [01:26.30] [01:27.18]And I have loved the reasons [01:28.88] [01:31.12]Takin' it just the way that it is [01:34.44]I'm takin' it at face value [01:36.91] [01:38.04]Things can look better in the distance [01:41.42]But that's not the way I want to love you [01:44.09] [02:02.10]Takin' it just the way that it is [02:04.91] [02:08.35]I've been drinking my coffee from a china cup [02:11.32] [02:11.86]I've been feeling holy and better [02:14.20] [02:15.33]In a borrowed apartment in Boston [02:17.88]I sat down and wrote you this love letter [02:20.81] [02:22.78]Takin' it just the way that it is [02:25.65] [02:26.24]I'm takin' it at face value [02:28.05] [02:29.51]Things can look better in the distance [02:32.35] [02:32.95]But that's not the way I want to love you [02:36.15]Takin' it just the way that it is