1944-Iain Matthews/Searing Quartet

[ti:] [ar:] [al:] [by:时间戳工具V2.0_20200810] [offset:0] [00:26.49]A letter came this morning it said Mrs Frankie Shaw [00:36.06]It had a postmark in the corner：July 1944 [00:46.32]It just lay there in the hallway like some ancient contraband [00:56.13]And though the ink was brown &faded I still recognized the hand [01:06.66]My Frankie was a solider in some politicians' war [01:15.84]And he believed that king and country was a cause worth fighting for [01:26.46]And I still see us on the dockside Frankie's askin' for my hand [01:35.58]And now through 16 years of anguish I just let that promise stand [01:46.47]But there was no grand reunion there was no glorious event [01:55.89]I just knelt there in the hallway as the grieving came and went [02:04.86]And it was all I could say it was all I could do [02:14.82]I fell down on my knees and I wailed for you how I wailed for you [02:39.09]A letter came this morning full of passion and intent [02:46.50]It said we've had our first encounter but we barely made a dent [02:58.38]We're going back again tomorrow and I'm quaking in my boots [03:07.11]He said the tension's overwhelming he said the terror's absolute [03:18.48]As as I waited for the punchline you know the one that never came [03:28.53]I felt just like a victim in some poltician's game [03:37.38]And it was all I could say it was all I could do [03:47.28]I fell down on my knees and I wailed for you how I wailed for you [05:41.31]A letter came this morning and it shook me to the core [05:51.18]It was a letter from my Frankie sent in 1944