Lyrics Dear Bill.lrc Operation Mincemeat
[id: tvlakgua]
[ar: Operation Mincemeat]
[al: Operation Mincemeat: A New Musical (Original Cast Recording)]
[ti: Dear Bill]
[length: 05:52]
[00:12.33]Dear Bill
[00:13.20]I’m afraid I’ve not got long to write
[00:16.23]I’m off to Mary’s
[00:17.90]You know how she feels about Bridge night
[00:20.62]It’s been a few days
[00:23.23]I thought that I’d send a few lines
[00:28.34]Next door’s Greyhound came into the garden this morning
[00:32.55]I think he likes the roses
[00:34.91]They’re doing fine
[00:35.86]I used some twine to tie them up and rein them in
[00:39.68]I hope they’ll bloom next spring
[00:42.26]But you’ll see that for yourself
[00:46.29]I’m following the instructions you left in your note
[00:49.87]Please devote all your time to their care
[00:53.65]And I have done, I swear
[00:56.48]Except for the talking
[00:58.24]I’m not going to do that
[01:00.92]’Cos talking to Roses is mad and you knew that
[01:05.72]When you whispered sweet nothings to flowers to make my dad cross
[01:11.48]And me laugh
[01:13.38]And it did
[01:15.54]And why did we meet in the middle of a war?
[01:19.26]What a silly thing for anyone to do
[01:24.95]Your sister sends her love of course
[01:28.44]And your mother is the same as ever
[01:34.04]
[01:36.80]Diana’s piano is getting much better
[01:37.76]Well, I say better, I really just mean louder but as she tells me
[01:41.71]That’s pretty much the same
[01:45.17]Well it makes a change from all of the noise
[01:47.93]And the sirens
[01:49.18]And sometimes from all of the silence
[01:53.81]With six rounds of jingle bells
[01:57.24]And we wish you a Merry Christmas even though it is June
[02:02.22]And it’s been a long summer
[02:06.01]But she wants to be perfect for her older brother
[02:10.76]She hopes you’ll be home again soon
[02:13.26]No
[02:15.35]She knows you’ll be home again soon
[02:18.81]And it’s fine
[02:20.68]And we’re fine
[02:22.82]It’s nice to watch her get better with time
[02:29.79]I suppose they just miss you
[02:30.44]I know they just miss you
[02:34.42]And I’m not going to argue with that
[02:39.27]And why did we meet in the middle of a war?
[02:43.09]What a silly thing for anyone to do
[02:45.00]And I’m trying my best to write everything down
[02:50.61]To fill in the gaps so that when you’re around
[02:54.42]It’ll be like you’ve never been gone
[02:58.62]As if you’d been here all along
[03:03.50]’Cause you can’t just miss out on the songs
[03:10.35]
[03:13.59]And to tell you the truth Tom
[03:16.26]Your roses aren’t thriving
[03:20.03]
[03:24.46]Without you they’re dull
[03:27.04]Don’t worry they’re surviving
[03:28.91]But I’ve tried all the tricks that you put in your note
[03:32.87]And I’ve watered the soil
[03:34.51]’Till it started to float
[03:36.62]And no I’ve not talked to them
[03:38.54]I’m not going to talk to them
[03:40.54]There’s something you have, that I just don’t have
[03:44.31]And since you’re off gallivanting
[03:46.25]It’s only fair that you know
[03:48.58]That your roses quite frankly where the first things to go
[03:52.13]And no you’re not gallivanting
[03:54.26]I don’t mean gallivanting
[03:55.95]It’s just frustrating for you to be right
[03:59.19]When I have to do both the sides of this fight
[04:02.62]But it’s good to hear you
[04:07.86]Even just in my head
[04:11.50]
[04:14.37]And the roses just miss you
[04:18.95]I know they just miss you
[04:24.66]And I’m not going to argue with that
[04:29.10]There’s so much to do when you come back
[04:34.53]
[04:39.28]And I know that they say that it’s all for a cause
[04:43.74]Our brave boys out fighting a war to end wars
[04:47.60]But it’s like they don’t see
[04:50.17]That when you’re far from me
[04:52.95]Our roses don’t get the conversation they need
[04:57.82]Which just seems unfair
[05:01.50]I’m stuck here and you’re there
[05:06.92]
[05:09.15]I suppose I just miss you
[05:13.61]I know I just miss you
[05:18.17]Even now I still miss you
[05:23.24]
[05:28.41]And why did we meet in the middle of a war?
[05:33.66]What a silly thing for anyone
[05:50.72]Year of Release: 2023