My volunteering this week threw up something I hadn't done before. A man came in wanting me to read a letter he'd received to help him understand it. This isn't totally unusual, we meet people without English as a first language or with rudimentary literacy skills, but the contents were.
The letter was from the Home Office and as I read it I realised that I was about to tell the man that his request for asylum had been successful and he had leave to remain in the country for five years.
I don't think he could quite believe (or maybe understand) what he was hearing so he asked: "does this mean congratulations?" "Yes," I replied, "congratulations!" We shook hands and he left with a big smile on his face.
The first 'letter' song that came to mind was this one, Letter You Know. Trouble is, I couldn't remember who it was by. It took more of a search than it should have done but I got there in the end. Birdland. It's from their self-titled album released in 1991.
It's a bit too restrained and polished when compared to their early work and live shows. That's much more to my taste. Here's a post from 2021 when I featured their much better Hollow Heart.
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