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A letter was written by a little girl's hand

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It was sealed with her little heart's love

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Said airmail to heaven to daddy

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To your new home somewhere up above


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As a postman I knew that it couldn't be mailed

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And so I opened the letter and I read

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To my surprise tears filled my eyes

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Here's what the little girl said


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Dear daddy mommy now loves someone new

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She says that you're not coming home

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She told me to try to understand

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She can't go on living alone


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Please daddy don't be mad at mommy

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She needs someone for all she's been through

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Cause he will never take your place

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He'll be just filling in for you


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I hope that you can forgive her

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So I'm sealing this letter with love

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And I'm sending it airmail to heaven

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To your new home somewhere up above 


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Well I finished and I folded the letter

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The tears rolling down my face

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For I was the new man she mentioned

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Who was taking her daddy's place


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For I was the new man she mentioned

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Who was taking her daddy's place