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I Thought I'd Write To Juliet

Elvis Costello

I thought I?d write to Juliet, for she would understand
And when someone is already dead they can no longer let you down
Instead I find myself talking to you, as my oldest friend
Tell me how I can advise someone, that I don?t even know,
To welcome death

For I received a letter that is worth reporting
And though it may raise a cynical smile
It leaves a sinking feeling
Like when a soldier in a story says to the sergeant...
?Have you seen my pride and joy?...?
You know the rest...and it?s no joke...Forgive me please as I quote...
?This is a letter of thanks, as I?m so bored here in I can?t
Say where.
So I?m writing to people that I may never meet
And I was thinking if something you said...?

?I?m a female soldier, my name is Constance.
I enlisted in the military needing funds for college
I?m twenty-three years old and if I do get home alive
I imagine I may think again...?

?I?m sleeping with my eyes open for fear of attack
Your words are a comfort, they?re the best thing that I have
Apart from family pictures and, of course, my gas mask
I don?t know why I am writing to you?






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