Letter from Hall - The Happy Family

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

Tall 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