Oh, that's makes sense - having just been through that exact same thought process while on a month-long holiday in sunny Tasmania, i.e. send the postcards now or it will be too late.

But, given that I didn't know the info from Ian Anderson's comments I still think I didn't do too badly on my interpretation. It's a long, long time since I tried to interpret "litera-chure".

Helen

P.s. I was being a good little ex-librarian by not copying and pasting the whole of the lyrics - copyright and all that, but it is a *lot* easier when it is posted into these discussions, so thanks Clinton.