I Respectfully Decline - Doug MacLeod

I received a letter this evening

How you reckon it read?

You’re invited to a reunion

A reunion of the dead

It’s been 25 years since we’ve seen you

Lord, don’t that time go fast?

We want you to pack your bags, leave your life

We want to relive the past

Well, I respectfully decline

Oh, I respectfully decline

For this heart of mine

And my peace of mind

I respectfully decline

And a few of us got famous

A few more have sadly passed

Sister married now to the rich man

And Brother James he’s pumping gas

Ivory Lee he plays harmonica

He got a blues band every Friday night

And Spec’s he’s still picking bluegrass

And he will till he gets it right

And I respectfully decline

Oh, I respectfully decline

For this heart of mine

And my peace of mind

I respectfully decline

And I respectfully decline

Oh, I respectfully decline

For this heart of mine

And my peace of mind

I respectfully decline

And you, you had a crush on me

The rebel boy who stood apart

After all these years you ask me the same question

Have I ever shared my heart?

I say, «thank you for your invitation

I sometimes think on the time we shared

But like a long flowing river

I’m 25 years from there»

So I respectfully decline

Oh, I respectfully decline

For this heart of mine

And my peace of mind

I respectfully decline

For this heart of mine

And my peace of mind

I respectfully decline