Little Girl's Daddy

08/23/2007
by Tom Flannery
copyright 2007 (BMI)

Hold on tight my little girl
Daddy's gonna make everything alright
gonna carry you above the fears
the ones that keep you up at night
if the water sweeps you away
I'll come along for the ride
and leave you standing safe and dry
on the other side
on the other side

Daddy never bought you a diamond ring
Daddy never bought you a mockingbird
but Daddy'd rock you back and forth to sleep
with songs that you've never heard
what's living without learning
what's love if we don't try
to challenge one another
to crawl, walk, and fly
to crawl, walk, and fly

I'm my little girl's daddy
and for the love of a child
I'll take on the boogey man
and live rough in the wild
I'm my little girl's daddy
heart warm to the touch
by big dark eyes
that say too much
they say too much

When your wedding day it finally comes
and you call me to the floor
everybody who sees my tears
will think they know what I'm crying for
but I know you'll never leave me
and I know I'll never go
it's the years that make me act this way
and the music oh so slow
things are just getting oh so slow

I'm my little girl's daddy
and for the love of a child
I'll take on the boogey man
and live rough in the wild
I'm my little girl's daddy
heart warm to the touch
by big dark eyes
that say too much
they say too much