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I'm standing 'on the inside looking out through these lonely eyes of mine.
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I keep on going back to when we used to be together all the time,
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And you were all the good things in my life, like the wind that finds the trees.
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You were daddies little girl, and there were never moments such as these.
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And Baby, when I close my eyes at night, I see you laugh, I see you cry,
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And I memorize these little things, the broken arms, the empty swings go flying by.
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Maybe if I held you in my arms, I'd get the chance,
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to say the words I know that I should say
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You'll be daddies little girl, no matter how the years may slip away.
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And you must stand alone, fight forever, when it feels like you just can't go on.
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You should reach out, but you don't ever, and I should be the one you lean upon.
G Am7 D Am7 D
And I remember when you fell in love - I hoped that day would never come.
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But he just kept his motor running - I took a break, and you were gone.
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And I almost stopped believing in your face and in your voice, and you're my only
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vision when I pray
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And you'll be daddies little girl, no matter how the years may slip away.
G C D G
Yes, you'll be daddies little girl, no matter how the years may slip away.