For My Daughter

Someone to play catch with, out in the backyard
 To pick up the pieces of your first broken heart
 Someone to say slow down when you turn 16
 Yeah, I grew up without a dad
 I'm gonna be the best one I can be
 Someone to scare the monsters
 When it's dark in your room
 Someone to put their foot down
 When you want a tattoo
 And not just say I love you
 But show you what it means
 Yeah, I grew up without a dad
 I'm gonna be the best one I can be
 They say dads are supposed to shape you and in a way I guess mine did
 I knew what I wouldn't do if I ever had a kid
 They say history repeats itself
 Well, I guess that's up to me
 Yeah, I grew up without a dad
 I'm gonna be the best one I can be
 Someone to let you fall down and teach you how to get back up
 Teach you how to be sweet like mamma and how to be tough
 Yeah, I'll never be perfect
 But sure as those lines are pink
 Yeah, I grew up without a dad
 I'm gonna be the best one I can be
 They say dads are supposed to shape you and in a way I guess mine did
 I knew what I wouldn't do if I ever had a kid
 They say history repeats itself
 Well, I guess that's up to me
 I grew up without a dad
 I'm gonna be the best one I can be
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 Yeah, I can't change the past
 But the past has sure changed me
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 I grew up without a dad
 I'm gonna be the best one I can be
 I said I'm gonna be a dad
 And I'm gonna be the best one I can be
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 The best one I can be
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 Love you, baby girl