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Broadway Musical Billy Elliot - The Letter Lyrics TEACHER (spoken) What's this? BILLY (spoken) It's a letter TEACHER (spoken) Huh. I can see it's a letter! BILLY (spoken) Can open it if you want. TEACHER (spoken, with sarcasasm) Thank god for that - the suspence was killin' me. BILLY (spoken) It's from me mam. TEACHER (spoken) Y' mam? BILLY (spoken) She wrote it for us when I was eighteen. 'Cept I couldn't wait. TEACHER (spoken) I see. BILLY (spoken) Y' can read it if y' want. Read it out. TEACHER (spoken, reading from the letter) Dear Billy, I must seem a distant memory BILLY (spoken, from memory) Which is... TEACHER (spoken) Which is probably a good thing And it will have been a long... BILLY (spoken) A long time BILLY (sung) And I will have missed you growing And I'll have missed you crying And I'll have missed you laugh Missed your stamping 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, TEACHER (sung) But please Billy. Know that I will always be Proud to have known you Proud that you were mine Proud in everything TEACHER & BILLY'S MOTHER (sung) And you must promise me this, Billy In everthing you do Always be yourself, TEACHER (sung) Billy BILLY'S MOTHER (sung) And you always will be true And I will have missed you growing I'll have missed you crying And I'll have missed you laugh Missed your stamping 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 BILLY (spoken) Love you forever TEACHER (spoken) Mam Back to the Billy Elliot Songs Lyrics |
