a letter to my future self   "am I still happy?," I began   "have I grown up pretty?   Is daddy still a good man?"      "am I still friends with colleen?   I'm sure that I'm still laughing   aren't I?"      hey there to my future self   If you forget how to smile   I have this to tell you   remember it once in a while      ten years ago your past self   prayed for your happiness   please don't lose hope      oh, what a pair, me and you   put here to feel joy, not be blue      sad times and bad times   see them through   soon we will know   If it's for real   what we'll both feel      though i can't know for sure   how things worked out for us   no matter how hard it gets   you have to realize   we weren't put on this earth to suffer and cry   we were made to be happy   so be happy for me   for you, please      oh, what a pair, me and you   put here to feel joy, not be blue   sad times and bad times   see them though   soon we will know If it's for real   what we both feel      we were put here on this earth   put here to feel joy   we were put here on this earth   put here to feel joy   we were put here on this earth   put here to feel joy   we were put here on this earth   put here to feel joy