THE FIRST TIME
Two men they stood over a body
As they searched it, the package was gone
�A waiter ran off, he must have it�
The man yelled as he started to run
In the quiet suburbs of Virginia
A fam�ly was starting the day
Asked again if she planned to wed Dean, her reply
Was not yet I�m a new divorcee
Amanda took Dean to the station
A nightgown was all she had on
She was grabbed by a hazel-eyed waiter
Being chased by a man with a gun
�I need you to help me� he pleaded
Though reluctant, she fin�lly agreed
�Give this to the man in the red hat
On the train, it�s something he needs�
Skeptically Amanda took it
Only thinking of those hazel eyes
As she got on the train she looked backward
It was then that she noticed his cries
They were beating him up on the platform
She didn�t know what else to do
So she turned to the carriage beside her
There was no one to give her a clue
With them all in red hats she was puzzled
By the package she held in her hand
She was riding on board with no ticket
In the future she thought she�d be banned
But the ticket collector was friendly
And she purchased her ticket right there
But concern for the hazel-eyed waiter
Made her think that she really could care�
The waiter had made it to Georgetown
Although looking a bit worse for wear
He smiled as he thought how he�d made his escape
As he pushed his hands up through his hair
Billy Melrose was waiting for Stetson
�So you lost it� �At least I�m not dead...
Unloading those thugs was no day at the beach�
�Straighten your badge� Billy said
Francine Desmond was already waiting
You could see she was glad he was back
They were called to the �principal�s� office
�You can come, you can help take the flak�
In Internal Affairs he was questioned
He explained how the hand off went down
Dirk was angry, upset at the weak link they had
At that shot, Lees face turned to a frown
�No one�s guilty� said Billy, �We�ve proved it�
Then the football talk started to flow
�Agent Guthrie�s turned up, but he�s dead in the morgue�
They were confused, could only ask how?
We�re on football again for some reason
Then that stops and the doc has some news
He said Guthrie was waiting for Stetson
And that is when Dirk blew a fuse
Francine said the Scarecrow delivers
And the Munich case was a success
�There�s a brunette out there with a package�
Who she is, I don�t know, I confess�
In her house she stares hard at the parcel
Then she takes the boys out to drive-thru
And the waiter, who�s dressed as a pirate
Shows himself to be hazel-eyed too
�Get away from my car� cries Amanda
And she drives off the lot in reverse
As Lee places his card on the windshield
He yells �Call me!� Could things get any worse?
Amanda, she ponders the number
When Lee answers he raises concerns
A meeting is made for five that same day
Meanwhile Dotty she watches and learns
Mrs Welch is the one who�s on TV
It�s her Colonial Cookery show
When the boys see how nicely Amanda�s fixed up
She hurriedly says �Gotta go�
Dotty asks her where is it she�s going
Because Dean is surely going to call
�At my club� is the answer she gives her
Dotty doesn�t believe her at all
�You�re a spy?� says Amanda, �You�re really�
A spy� �We like �agent� instead�
As he raises concerns for her safety
�The parcel�s not here� our girl said
On the way to his car he is angry
As her logic is making him sick
It�s insurance in case you would kill me
Then the bad guys arrive �Let�s hide, quick�
They escape on a cart in the garage
And return to the house where they dry
But when Dotty asks which club she goes to
�It�s for clams, mother� Another lie
�Where�s the package?� Amanda asks Dotty
�Oh, I mailed it� her mother did say
�And it was no picnic because I don�t drive�
Lee could tell it was not his best day
Lee calls Billy to authorise access
To the Post Office where they must go
In order to find the small parcel
Three hours later they find it? Well no!
While with Dean the boys make a confession
Philip opened the package and saw
That the music box, well it was broken
But a small card did fall to the floor
Agent Jeffries well he didn�t make it
Nor did Fielding in Portland last night
�I need Lee on the job by tomorrow�
Dirk agreed but his lips he kept tight
It was late when they met in their trenchcoats
By the Capitol Building they stood
As she gave him the code Philip gave her
Lee was sure that the message was dud
As Lee warns her about all the danger
And his fears that she might just screw up
She gets angry but softens at his face
As he mentions a body�s turned up
With these agents all dying around them
The Agency�s having a scare
But Lee�s got a new job for tomorrow
So she tells him that he must take care
Cleaning and stretching while thinking of clues
To the words Philip read on that card
Valley Forge Flapjacks and Nathan Hale Duck
Also Pilgrims Peach Puff � this was hard
In the kitchen she looked through her cook books
But the recipes couldn�t be found
Then she looked at her mother�s boxed recipe cards
There they were, her deductions were sound
Mrs Welch had provided the dishes
And Amanda knew this was a clue
But she couldn�t get hold of Lee Stetson
He was out on a case, that she knew
While they watched, Lee went into a building
With his gun drawn he walked down a hall
He was struck on the head by the bad guys
He was down without even a call
At the studios Amanda looked for
The timings of the cooking show
When she saw they tied up with the murders
She just knew that she now had to go
As her mother arrived she was leaving
An emergency down at her club
�Clams again, dear?� Her mother did ask her
Disbelieving she joined the hubbub
In her car she drove out to a big house
Mrs Welch�s, to just look around
�I hope I can look back and laugh� she murmured
Then she knocked all the fruit to the ground
As the man on the drive was distracted
She went into the cellar to look
For the agent, Lee Stetson, or something
At a noise though she hid in a nook
Then she heard him, she knew it, but now what?
Then the room she was in it did move
She could see it, Francine being questioned and drugged
At this point she had something to prove
Mrs Welch was the one who was guilty
Using Francine to get all the dirt
As Olga took notes about date, place and time
Mrs Welch spoke to Olga, so curt
Lee was led out by guards to a helo
That had landed right there on the lawn
As he looked to the car then he saw her
What action to take? He was torn
He knew of the danger they faced there
If he didn�t do something right quick
As she ran out, yelled �Freeze� with her fingers
He could see how her mind it did tick
Amanda climbed into the helo
With his hands tied Amanda would fly
As the bad guys they failed to pursue them
To escape them they surely would try
�I put sugar into that car�s gas tank�
She explained when the car wouldn�t start
I saw Philip do it one time to Dean�s car
As they flew through the sky like a dart
They flew backwards and forwards, upwards and down
When she asked how she did, he said �Fine�
But she noticed that he had his eyes shut
Then he looked to the sky for a sign
The baddies fired up at the helo
Using Amanda�s car to pursue
As Lee gave Amanda instructions
She could not find out quite what to do
Then suddenly Lee looked her over
�What are you wearing?� he said
In replying she said to him �What do you care?�
Lee was certain they�d soon both be dead
The chasing continued for some time
Then Amanda�s car drove down a ditch
�We got �em� they yelled, then they realised
That to land there was one little hitch
That same evening in Amanda�s kitchen
As her mother prepared the salad
Amanda rushed in like a whirlwind
Dean�s meal would be late � just a tad
Next day in the Agency building
With Billy and Francine there too
Amanda explained while Lee listened
As she rambled about how they flew
Without taking a breath she continued
To Billy�s amusement he watched
As she told him what happened in detail
Of the case that she just hadn�t botched
Lee was anxious to get her out of there
But Billy�s plan got in the way
Using civilians the Agency did
And apparently Lee had no say
�We�ve finally found you a partner�
Billy mocked Lee as he almost ran
From the office with Amanda out into the street
�Do you have a good vegetable man?�
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