Mandibles - Message Received

When you decamped for dry Rhodesia
You clasped me, said “I need ya”
Unless I’ve got amnesia,
You didn’t propose
After holding tightly
You said that you would write me
Nearly every night-ly
Unless indisposed

And here we are, some fourteen fortnights later
Not one word from you, my hope a crater
It’s o-v-e-r over between you and me
Don’t bother explaining, message received
No use in complaining, you’re finally free
Cause it’s o v e r over, message received.

My face no doubt unsightly
Expresses such anxiety
I nonetheless go lightly
Into that dark night
Sky pounding with cold rain
I waited for the drunk train
Head pounding with the eye strain
But nothing looked right

And here I am some fourteen platforms later
Wondering what made you turn traitor
It’s o-v-e-r over between you and me
Don’t bother explaining, message received
No use in complaining, you’re finally free
Cause it’s o v e r over, message received.

Still stuck in dull Pratoria
For closure I implore ya
I should not so adore ya
After all my distress
My letterbox crammed fully
Tells me I have wept unduly
For the mail, held so cruelly
Holds the love you expressed

And here I am some forty letters later
Feeling like I’ve been hit by a freighter
And it’s b a c k o n between you and me
Don’t bother explaining, message received
No use in complaining, you’re stuck here with me
Cause it’s b a c k o n, message received.