DEAR DAD
©1998 - music and words by John R. Black, â„— 42nd Street Music Seattle
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Dear Dad
Merry Christmas
I'm here in Vietnam writing to you
Dear Dad
Happy New Year
This time next year my tour will be through
I'm here with all the soldier boys
Fighting to be free
JFK said that's what we should do
I wonder if they'll remember
How many of us died
I think it's going to be quite a few
Dear Dad
Tell Mom hello
Tell her she's the best Mom of all
Dear Dad
How are you
You gonna' buy that new rifle next fall?
I met a nurse from Minnesota
Stationed in Pleiku
She volunteered like all us soldier boys
I wonder if they'll remember
All the boys they cared for
I think it's going to be quite a few
Dear Dad
Time to say goodbye
I'll write you again real soon
Dear Dad
The rain has come
Here they call it the big monsoon
Do the politicians care about us soldier boys
Tell those Senators forever's comin' soon
I wonder if they'll remember
How many of us died
I think it's going to be quite a few
I think it's going to be quite a few
I think it's going to be quite a few