Daddy

Daddy - Donna Fargo

Well I'm finally gonna write you that letter

That was owed you for a long long time

I can't say much for me

But I do hope that ya'll are doing fine

Well how is Burry and Virginia

Are they still living down on the farm

You know sometimes I get so lonesome daddy

I wish I'd never left home

Are you working hard these days

Are you doing all the things

The doctor said you oughta do

Did you sell all your tobacco

Did the crops bring in what you thought they would

Well I might as well get to the point

Last night I tried to call you on the phone

What I'm getting at

I guess is if I had the money daddy I'd come home

'Cause every night

I hear an old southbound train whistle a-blowing

And daddy it's calling me home

I've been to New York Chicago

Wheeling West Virginia and Nashville Tennessee

And singers are as thick as fleas on a dog's back

By the way how's old Lee

And I done changed my name so many times

I don't even know who I am

And daddy I sure miss them pinto beans

And corn bread and country ham

Now I know I should've listened when you said

I didn't have no business coming way out west

That a girl belongs at home on the farm

Where she was born raising younguns like all the rest

Well I know it now that's why I'm writing

And why I tried to call you on the phone

What I'm really trying to say

Is if you'll send me the money I'll come home

'Cause every night

I hear an old southbound train whistle a-blowing

And daddy it's calling me home