They brought me a letter from my little girl My sweet little baby with long golden curls The address was printed with crayon of red A letter to daddy and here's what it said.
Hi daddy, how are you? I guess I'm okay except this bad cold But I feel like a big girl now 'Cause yesterday I was seven years old.
And that little puppy dog you sent me Why he's just as cutest as he can be But daddy, it wasn't just like a birthday Why couldn't you have been here with me?
Daddy, I don't understand What happened in court that day I ask mommy where you are And she just says daddy's gone away.
Is it something that I did wrong daddy You never did fuss at me But if you'll come home I'll climb upon your lap every night And I'll be just as sweet as I can be.
Daddy each night I ask God to Make you keep loving me the way you used to Oh daddy, if I'd give mommy this letter I know she won't mail it to you.
So I'm gonna look all over this city until I find you Then maybe you'll see just how much we need you, daddy Mommy and me And I love you daddy.
They told me how she started walking downtown There at the crossroads the car's struck her down She lay in the ditch all covered with sand A letter to daddy was clutched in her hand...