Daddy's Song

One stray tear rolls down her cheek
And in a second it's gone
Because she tries so hard to be strong,
Biting back her tongue,
To keep anyone from seeing
That after all this time
The pain still holds her.
She thinks I can't see
When that song comes on
If he's brought up
Those days she swears
She can hear him again,
That fire of hope,
Burning inside a forest
Drenched quickly by disappointment
Because this isn't that minute
She's spent years praying for
I know she'd give everything
A thousand times over
To have him hold her again
And it kills me to know
She'll never give up
Dying to be with him again.
Some days she gets so caught up
In memories of the past
That I wonder if she'll forget about now
But I'd never think
Of shaking her from those dreams
'Cause I owe him too much
To take her away.