Letter to Daddy

(Bobby Braddock - S. Braddock)



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...