Dear Ivan

Dear Ivan You don't know me And I don't know you But I sure would Like to meet you Yes sir, I'd like to walk up And shake your hand and Look you straight in the eye And tell you that I haven't got One thing in this world against you I know that the Heads of our government Seem to have problems getting Together to talk things over But I got a feeling if you and I Could just sit down and talk Not as representatives of Anybody's government but just Two plain ordinary human beings I feel that we might think A great deal alike I'm an entertainer now, Ivan I used to be a farmer just like you I got a wife and three kids And this may sound a Little unpatriotic, but to me These are more important than The heads of anybody's government A few years back You and I both left the farm And we put on a uniform And we were on the same side Of the fence, you and me, Ivan And you know, I can't help But believe that we're still On the same side of the fence That we both like to see A world united in peace I'll tell you something, Ivan I love my land very much Oh, we got some of the Prettiest mountains and trees And rivers and valleys That you've ever laid eyes on And I'm sure you feel the Same way about your country And I know that neither one of us Would like to see the face of Our countries blackened with The hot breath of anybody's bomb You know, they tell me that Over there, you don't believe in God But though I've never met you I can't help but believe that A man who's stood on a Crisp fall morning and watched The sun rise over his farmland or He's planted a small grain of corn And seen it grow out of the fertile soul Or better than that, Ivan Held your own baby in your arms I know that you know that there's A God up there watching over Each and every one of us Ivan, when I put my Babies to bed tonight I'm gonna say a prayer For you and yours And if you in your own way Will say a prayer for me and mine And maybe we can talk our Neighbors into doing the same thing This will be more powerful Than any conference held over Any conference table anywhere In the whole wide world And then maybe we can Live as God intended Peacefully, together Yours truly, Jimmy Dean