Dear daughters
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Gwen, you're my oldest and you're quite a lady
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You're my only blue eyed girl and you turn sixteen in April
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And you sure made a change in my world
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I'm sorry I missed the big evening, your first date and I wasn't around
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Save all the secret things you did and tell me when I get to town
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And on your graduation I wanted pictures to look back on
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But then I wasn't there to take them, as usual I was gone
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You've had to grow up much too quick and you've done it on your own
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You did it without mama 'cause mama wasn't home
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And Jackie, you're quite a lady too
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You're just one year younger than Gwen
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And there's so much that I'm missing like being mommy now and then
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I remember the day you cooked your first meal, you were nine
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You cooked biscuits and ham
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And you called it to me how good it was 'cause I was out of town
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And at the party for fathers and daughters, well, I know you felt out of place
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And even the pretty dress I bought couldn't fill that empty space
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And the time when you got sick and the doctors turned you down
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They said they couldn't treat you with your mama out of town
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And Tina, you're such a pretty girl with big almond eyes, brown
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And they voted you a home coming queen when I was out of town
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I know you were a beauty 'cause your sisters dressed you right
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And you said it didn't matter that I was out of town that night
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And the day that you joined the cheer leading team
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Boy, nothing could hold you down, you yelled, "Hip hip hurray"
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Over the phone 'cause as usual I was out of town
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And Tamala Georgette Jones, you simply take my breath away
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Born just six short years ago and named for your daddy and me
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Going to sleep on [Incomprehensible] arm and listening to her hymn
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Drifting off to fairy land while sucking on your thumb
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While, just yesterday you pulled a tooth, you sure are brave and strong
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I wish I could have been there but as usual I was gone
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Dear Daughters
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| Tammy Wynette |
