The Letter

This is the first letter that I wrote back home to mom and daddy A few days after I'd moved to Nashville June 2nd 1964 Nashville Tennesee Dear mom and daddy I hope this letter finds everybody well and happy As for me I'm fine I guess I'm just a little lonesome and a whole lot homesick I got to Nashville OK and I thought I'd better write and let you know Cause I knew you'd be worried about me And I don't let you know to worried about me Cause I'm gonna be alright Once I get settled and used to bein' away from home I didn't realize how much I loved you and all them noisy kids until I left And I didn't reaize how hard it was to eave home eiter Till I started to leave and everybody started cryin' includin' me I cried almost all the way to Nashville And I wanted to turn around a few times and come back But you know how bad I've always wanted to go to Nashville And be a singer and songwriter And I believe that if I try long enough and hard enough that someday I'll make it Don't worry about tryin' to send me any money or anything Cause I've got a job singin' on the early morning television show Here called the Eddie Hill Show And a couple of folks already told me that they might record a couple of my songs So I'll be makin' enough money to get by And I don't want you to worryin' about me bein' hungry or anything And Nashville's not exactly what I thought it was gonna be But I believe I'm gonna like it here once I get used to it And I don't want you to worryin' about me gettin' in trouble either Cause I'll be good just like I promised you I would when I left Well can't think of anything else to say I guess I'd better close for now and you write me real soon And tell everybody I said hello and I'm gonna be real anxious to hear from you Cause I sure miss you and I love you an awful lot With love as always Dolly