Letters in the Mail (Spoken Poem with Music)

Lyrics:

Letters in the Mail

When I opened my mailbox I had some letters
I wondered who they could be from except debtors
Petitioning for funds they had never received
The first one had a different name and I was relieved

The government was looking for child support
And I was wondering who was on the run and a dollar short
Did they miss their family or were they
Hiding in the Caribbean playing the piano and wearing a beret

The second letter was stamped “important information”
When I tore it open it wasn’t asking for donation
I realized it was at the wrong address
It detailed some poor women’s abscess

I didn’t know how to get a hold of her
And when it comes to this I’m no connoisseur
But she must be out there lying in a lot of pain
With her sheets and mattress in bloodstain

The third commanded me to open right away
When I cut it open out came a rug I was to pray
On and a ring I was to wear and a form
To fill out to pass through the storm

If I sent it back they’d give me a coin
And curse my enemies if I would join
I put my neighbor’s name down when I was drunk
So they could start getting all this junk