John-A - Letters from Dora Lyrics

You wrote me your first lines when I was ten
Opened up a distant universe back then
With every letter I got to know you more and more
The way you felt when you left home at twenty four

In the 60s down under called your name
In those days uncommon for a women to be that confident
A tough start building up a brand new life
But you became a nurse, a mother, a beloved wife

Dora Dora Dora Dora

With every letter I received over the years
My growing wanderlust slowly replaced my fears
You asked me to come over a thousand times
To feel the Australian easy going life
Until you sadly wrote, your husband died

Dora Dora Dora Dora

I wish you could wrap up some courage
And send it with a bottle post over the sea
I wish you could send me some freedom
That flies with the migrating birds
That flies with the migrating birds

Dora, Dora, Dora, Dora

I'm walking on the same avenue
Admire the ocean blue, like you do
Just as you, decades ago
I left my worries, left my daily life behind
Living the Australian life in my mind

Dora, Dora, Dora, Dora