Melinda: Daddy, daddy, come and look and see what I have found
A little way away from here while digging in the ground.
Dad: Come away Melinda. Come in and close the door.
It's nothing but a picture book, they had before the war.
Mel: Daddy, daddy, come and see, oh daddy come and look.
There's four or five Melinda girls inside this picture book.
Dad: Come away Melinda.Come in and close the door.
There were lots of little girls like you, before they had the war.
Mel: Daddy, daddy, come and see, oh Daddy, hurry, do.
There's someone in a pearly dress, who's all grown-up like you.
Dad: Come away Melinda. Come in and close the door.
That someone is a mother like you had, before the war.
Mel: Daddy, daddy, come and see, such things I've never seen.
Happy places all around and all the ground is green.
Dad: Come away Melinda.Come in and close the door.
That's just the way it used to be before they had the war.
Mel: Daddy, daddy, come and see, and tell me if you can
Why can't it be the way it was before the war began.
Dad: Come away Melinda. Come in and close the door.
The answer lies in yesterday, before they had the war.