Mail Call

Annotation

Mail Call (Warm, The) (Decca Records # 32623) Pop rock. Impact of the war on the soldier - soldier's perspective. Recalled the military practice of handing out letters to the soldiers. At the end, a man repeatedly read an injured man's letter to him from his sweetheart, the only one he had received. "Mail call, Brown, another letter from your mother...

Annotation by Justin A. Brummer

Lyrics

English: Mail call, Brown, another letter from your mother... / Frank, I guess that smile means the baby looks / Just like you, Jones, here's a letter from Jane / What's that Smith, no we haven't reached your name / Mail call, Kent, you've really got a big one here / Roberts, smell that perfume, Collins, see I told / You not to worry, she'd write you soon / Skip, sorry not one today, hold on there, this one / Came, my mistake, it's for you Smith, sure I'll read it: / 'My darling, just a line to tell you I'm thinking of you / How much I love you, sorry it's been such a long time / You know how I get behind but we're all praying for you / So get better and come home soon, signed the one who / Will always love you', okay Smith, I'll come back later / And read all to you again, I can remember it all / Poor guy, I know how it is, to never get any mail

Notes

Decca 32623 (122,292), yellow label marked "Promotion Copy Not for Sale"; "Mail Call" (R. Twain-H. Boggess-N. Goldberg), intro :07 (2:19), Tattersall Music Co./Bogold Music Co. (BMI); The Warm, "Produced by Goldberg, Boggess, Wayne for Alouette Productions", "Arranged by H. Doody"; "Mfr'd by Decca Records A Div. of MCA, Inc., New York, U.S.A." Housed in a Decca company sleeve with concentric-ring design, "A Division of MCA Inc. New York, N.Y. U.S.A." [From the record sleeve and labels]

Themes

Soldier's Perspective · Mail Call