My dad wrote this song for my sister on one of his trips out to sea.
I see your picture smiling back at me,
Great big eyes that bare your soul, the world to see
They ask me "daddy will you come and play?
Hold me close and won't you please just stay."
Who am I to tell you no, when I just wanna hold you, never let you go
Yet here I am, I'm gone again a half-a-world away
lookin at those eyes that cry just stay.
I think back to the day I left for sea
I see the tears in your eyes that look back at me
And do I tell you that I have to go
Your eyes tell me that you already know
Who am I to go away
I'll just do my best to take it day by day
But I got a job to do that helps to keep me free
In a far off place across the sea.
A daddy and his little girl
Have something special in this world
But then I went and had to go away
There's just one thing that gives me hope
The come a day when I come home
Then you'll know that I'll be home
I'll be home to stay
I can't wait until that day
When you've got your arms out, as you run my way
I lift you up into my arms and hold you close to me
Lookin at those eyes that set me free
I'm liein here so lonely and so cold
Your Momma says that you just turned another year old
And if I had a choice I wouldn't go
Missin all that time watchin you grow
I know that it's just a dream
my heart leaps at the thought of my homecoming
Until that day comes I'll be here, half-a-world away
lookin at those eyes that cry just stay.
 Kitsune Kenshin · Fri May 05, 2006 @ 12:59am · 2 Comments |
