DEAR JOANIE
AND ROSE MARIE
THIS IS DADDY
I WANT YOU TO LISTEN
AND PAY ATTENTION
WHILE MOMMY READS
THIS TO YA
JUST TRY AND MAKE
BELIEVE I WAS THERE
TALKIN' TO YA
JOANIE I DON'T THINK
YOU'LL REMEMBER ME
BECAUSE YOU WERE
A LITTLE BABY
WHEN I HAD TO
GO AWAY
BUT I USED TO SIT
AND HOLD YOU A LOT
AND WHEN YOU WERE
A BAD LITTLE GIRL
I USED TO MAKE YOU SIT
IN A CHAIR
UNTIL YOU WERE GOOD
BUT I ALWAYS LOVED YOU
A LOT
AND I WAS VERY PROUD
OF YA
ROSE MARIE
YOU SHOULD
REMEMBER ME
BECAUSE I USED TO TAKE
YOU OUT WITH ME A LOT
AND I USED TO BUY YOU
A LOT OF CANDY AND SODA
I USED TO FEEL SO GOOD
WHEN PEOPLE
USED TO SAY
YOU HAD EYES LIKE MINE
REMEMBER THE LITTLE
PUPPY I BOUGHT YA
YOUR MOMMY USED TO
TIE A LITTLE PINK RIBBON
AROUND ITS NECK
AND YOU USED TO
CARRY IT IN YOUR ARMS
YOU LOOKED
AWFULLY CUTE
I WANT YOU BOTH
TO KNOW THAT I'D BE
WITH YOU IF I COULD
BUT THERE ARE A LOT OF
BAD MEN IN THE WORLD
AND IF THEY WERE
ALLOWED TO DO WHAT
THEY WANTED TO DO
LITTLE GIRLS LIKE YOU
WOULDN'T BE ALLOWED
TO GO TO CHURCH
ON SUNDAY
OR BE ABLE TO GO TO
THE SCHOOL
YOU WANTED TO
SO I HAVE TO HELP FIGHT
THESE MEN
AND KEEP THEM
FROM COMIN' HERE
WHERE YOU
AND MOMMY LIVE
IT MIGHT TAKE A
LONG WHILE
AND MAYBE DADDY
WILL HAVE TO GO HELP
GOD UP IN HEAVEN
AND IF I DO
I ALWAYS WANT YOU
BOTH TO BE GOOD
FOR MOMMY
BECAUSE SHE IS
THE BEST MOMMY IN
THE WHOLE WIDE WORLD
SHE'S ALWAYS TAKEN
CARE OF YOU
WHILE I'VE BEEN AWAY
YOU SEE KIDS
I HAPPEN TO BE CAUGHT
IN TWO WARS
INSIDE OF TEN YEARS
AND THE REASON I AM
WHERE I AM TODAY
IS BECAUSE
I AM FIGHTING
FOR WHAT I THINK
IS RIGHT
THAT'S ONE THING
I ALWAYS WANT
BOTH OF YOU
TO REMEMBER
IF YOUR CONSCIENCE
TELLS YOU SOMETHIN'
IS RIGHT
ALWAYS STAND UP FOR IT
WHEN YOU GROW UP
TO BE YOUNG LADIES
DON'T EVER FORGET
ALL THAT MOMMY
HAS DONE FOR YA
SHE HAS OFTEN GONE
WITHOUT CLOTHES
FOR HERSELF
SO THAT BOTH OF YOU
COULD HAVE NICE THINGS
I WANT YOU TO DO
AS SHE SAYS
GO TO CHURCH
ON SUNDAYS
AND YOU CAN ALWAYS
PRAY FOR DADDY
SO REMEMBER KIDS
WHEN YOU GROW UP
SAVE THIS LETTER
IN CASE I'M NOT THERE
TO TALK TO YA
AND TRY
AND REMEMBER
ALL I AM SAYING
FOR IT'S FOR YOUR
OWN GOOD
BECAUSE I LOVE YOU
AND MOMMY SO MUCH
I'LL BE IN A HOLE
FIGHTING IN A FEW DAYS
IN A PLACE CALLED KOREA
SO I'M SENDING YOU
ALL THE LOVE
THAT'S IN MY HEART
ON THIS SHEET OF PAPER
I CARRY YOUR PICTURE
AND MOMMY'S
NEXT TO MY HEART
AND IF I HAVE TO GO
HELP GOD
YOU'LL KNOW
THAT THE LAST THOUGHT
I HAD ON THIS EARTH
WAS FOR
THE TWO OF YOU
AND MOMMY
ALL MY LOVE AND KISSES
BE GOOD
AND GOD BLESS YOU
DADDY