Elvis Costello - I Thought I'd Write to Juliet

Juliet Letters / 1993-01-19 1. Damnation's Cellar 2. Dead Letter 3. Dear Sweet Filthy World 4. Deliver Us 5. Expert Rites 6. For Other Eyes 7. I Almost Had A Weakness 8. I Thought I'd Write to Juliet 9. Jacksons, Monk and Rowe 10. Last Post 11. Romeo's Seance 12. Swine 13. Taking My Life In Your Hands 14. The Birds Will Still Be Singing 15. The First to Leave 16. The Letter Home 17. This Offer Is Unrepeatable 18. This Sad Burlesque 19. Who Do You Think You Are? 20. Why?

I Thought I'd Write to Juliet

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"