When You Last Heard From Linda

When you last heard from Linda Before she wanted you to know Didn't ask for you to see her In case you should fall over On telling you the story And only leave you sorry Though you asked her to Could she tell you so When you last heard from Linda From the tremble as she spoke You had to check the number In case you'd not remembered The girls you were in Hylton Courting boys and drinking The Eagle eves and working days Two mortgages and children Exotic plants and caravan And lagers in the garden You shared them all and loved them Did she ever know? When you last heard from Linda She asked if you were happy An early snap in winter She knew would make you wonder If your boys and hers would ever Be settled and contented Grown up like their daddies were And needing nothing new And happy till the end Always the very best of friends How could she leave you? When you needed her so Do you think she knew?