Er2 the Sequel

Come rain or shine The children of Penny Lane Gather to play and while away At Lady Madonna Out polishing her front doorstep Day by day On her run down council tenement terrace house She is so house proud But expectant visitors never come Nothing alive has crossed over Since that letter was delivered Notification her Husband and Son Where alas no more Casualties of war Merely your country owes you a debt of gratitude sincerely sorry for your loss With no body to repatriate nothing to put in a coffin or bury she couldn't even plan or mourn at their funeral Eleanor Rigby Where do they all the lonely people Come from and go God only knows the time and place