My Daddy

I remember when I was one years old

My daddy smiling at me

As if I were the most precious thing in the world

I remember when I was five years old

So excited for my daddy to come home

Would run into his arms and tell him I missed him

Would wake up in the morning and tell him

I wanna go to work with you, daddy

And he laughed and said maybe, someday

When you’re old enough you will

I remember when I was ten years old

I would kiss my daddy goodnight

And fall asleep knowing

That he was there to protect me

I remember when I was fifteen

When daddy became Dad

When my friends became my family

When I was chasing after love

From guys who would come and go

Dad would come home late

I no longer cared

Goodnight kisses were gone

And I would fall asleep on the phone

With the ones I thought I loved

Now I’m twenty

My best friends are gone

Lovers clumped into a distant memory

Leaving me with faded scars

Forgive me dad I know I’ve done wrong

If only I’d stayed by your side

Living in obedience but in me there

Was a spirit of rebellion

I’ve grown and matured but still I’m struggling

I’m still growing, still a kid

Be patient with me, one day I’ll mature enough

To walk past those ways without a second glance

Don’t worry about me, I’ll be fine

After all I’m your girl

Got your DNA, strength to face the world

Soon I’ll be old enough to go to work with you

And I’m gunna make you real proud.

I think I’ve found the one

Praying please let him be the one

Who’ll love me as much as my Dad loves me

Cause I know that even over all these years

Whether I felt close to him or afar

There was someone who was always there for me

Someone who always loved me

My daddy.