A letter was written by a little girl?s hand, it was sealed with her little heart?s love Said air mail to heaven to daddy, to your new home somewhere up above As a postman I knew that it couldn't be mailed, so I opened the letter and I read And to my surprise, tears filled my eyes, here's what the little girl said Dear daddy, mommy now loves someone new, she says that you're not coming home She told me to try to understand she can't go on living alone Please daddy don't be mad at mommy, she needs someone for all she's been through Cause he will never take your place, he?ll be just fill in for you I hope daddy you can forgive her, so I'm sealing this letter with love And I'm sending it airmail to heaven, to your new home somewhere up above Well I've finished and I folded the letter, the tears rolling down my face For I was the new man she mentioned, who was taking her daddy?s place (For I was the new man she mentioned), who was taking her daddy?s place