He wasn't prepared for a daughter he thought how nice a son would have been

But she had her way with her father when she smiled at him

Years ago he stopped trying to change her he knew that he just couldn't win

She'd come home with stray dogs and strangers

He's have to let 'em in when she smiled at him

Now those old memories linger in his mind she's still only ten

And he's still wrapped round her finger like the first time when she smiled at him

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When he gave her away at the wedding he paused for a moment and then

He whispered I think now I'm ready when she smiled at him

Now as the years fade into each other he may forget some things now and then

But her face now so much like her mother's carries him back again

To when she smiled at him

Now those old memories linger...

And he's still wrapped round her finger like the first time when she smiled at him