Letter From Hall

Did you read the letter that fell into our bed
When you were holding me so tight and l stroked your sleepy head
Remember at a party or was it in a field
That man who came and spoke to us, dull but pleasant, medium build

He was one part happy, one part sad
He was neither short nor tall
His eyes were an angel's but his mouth was bad
He said his name was Hall

He writes he's won a lottery, a fortune's come his way
He wonders what we'd recommend to fill his empty days
He swears he's learnt his lesson and sends us good advice
Democracy's a whore he writes who never serves you twice

So watch yourself when she picks you up
Her expression says it all
Her eyes are an angel's
But her mouth's plain bad
She's a bitch says the letter from Hall

He used to work the nightshift now he doesn't need the bread
So he sweats with new machinery on his one-man yacht instead
He tells us disregard the news, we may have heard of him
The pressmen scratched their lousy heads and hatched fantastic sins

A shady figure in the early hours
Against a brothel wall
The eyes an angel's but the mouth plain bad
All lies says the letter from Hall

He's heard we've planned a family, a couple of matching kids
He writes they'll turn out terrorists if our luck's as bad as his
The nights are getting longer now at his Lake Geneva home
And if we like we can join him there, he hates to be alone

He asks for you particularily
Describes you as his doll
With your angel's eyes and your full red lips
Come now says the letter from Hall

Darling please see reason, drop those cases where you stand
We've still got time to start again on that family we planned
I know I've been demanding, love, but you're my only girl
And beyond that door the danger starts, it's a scary place the world

Now I see a person in you
I don't recognise at all
For your eyes are mine but your mouth speaks lines
You read in the letter from Hall