Dear Nellie Goodrich
I am writing to you
To tell you of my love

Please don't be offended
I mean you no harm
Sure as the sun shines above


Dear Nellie Goodrich
I have watched from afar

You pass my house each day
The dreams that I dream
Are always about you

But, oh dear, what can I say?

In these few words that I'm writing

Is my life open for you to see
And one wish that I wish constantly
I wish that you could see me


In these few words that I'm writing
Is my life open for you to see

And one wish that I wish constantly
I wish that you could see me


Dear Nellie Goodrich
I am ending this letter
I will wait patiently

I will be thinking
And dreaming about you
Dear Nellie, please think of me