I read by line by line by line
Some words of yours, some words of mine
Some sentiments are best forgot
Some letters read then folded shut

The profile on a postage stamp
I traced it by my reading lamp
Remembered when I´d sit in wait
Then marked our parting from that date

I read by line by line by line
That old sarcastic Valentine
That you denied you´d sent to me
Then took it back

It´s a thought that we shared, a careless phrase
A curse or a joke, some words of praise
But I didn´t write
Did you wonder why?
It was the easiest way to say "Goodbye"

You´ll see my photo beside the article
"That´s just some guy I used to know

I was never his
He was always mine
But I wrote him off by line by line"
By line by line by line by line by line by line
By line by line