Telegram
Love's Pursuit: A Desperate Plea in the Language of Telegrams
Lyrics
I want to write a letter - better send me a telegram
The speaker prefers written communication via telegram over a letter.
I don't get no answer gonna come and find you tell you where I am
If there is no response to the telegram, the speaker will personally seek out the recipient and disclose their location.
I give you all my money little girl and all my time
The speaker has invested both money and time in a relationship with a woman.
You messed up baby - got another man won't pay for me and mine
Expresses disappointment as the woman has another man and won't contribute financially to the speaker and their shared responsibilities.
Dont take a married woman - honey baby to be your friend
Advises against getting involved with a married woman, warning of potential financial consequences.
She'll take your money - she gonna spend that money and she be back again
Emphasizes that a married woman might take the money given to her and return for more.
I dont care where you go I don't care where you stay
The speaker is indifferent to the whereabouts of the person, but emphasizes that good treatment will eventually lead them back home.
Y'know good kind treatment will bring you home some day
Reiterates the positive impact of good treatment and its potential to bring the person home someday.
Bring you home some day
Repeated emphasis on the hope that good treatment will lead to a reunion at home.
Home some day
-Home some day
-Home some day
-Home some day
-I want to write a letter - better send me a telegram
Repeats the desire to communicate via telegram, emphasizing urgency.
I don't get no answer gonna come and find you tell you where I am
If there is no response, the speaker reiterates the intention to find the person and disclose their location.
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