For T

My husband wrote this for our daughter, Baby Girl.  It's heartbreakingly beautiful.  It's all hers and no one can take it away from her.


"She's asleep when he walks in
not a worry in her little heart.

Yet when he leans in to kiss her cheek
those beautiful eyes they open wide.

A special smile she saves just for him
he will hold on to for his too long life.

He picks her up like there's no else
for him there's no one else in this world.

And they spin gently round the room
it's just him and that baby girl.

She giggles in surprise and is held tight against his chest
everything in her life is still so very new.

But you see he now knows how this story goes
knows these days are even more precious and few.

And as she hugs his neck he somehow keeps it in
this time is suddenly just too damn short
so he quietly whispers to her the truth.

I'm gonna dance with you now
Since tomorrow just went away
You won't remember this night
But for me it'll have to stay
You are my little girl
And to me you are the world
So I'm gonna dance with you now
Because tomorrow, well tomorrow
just went away.

In a hundred years no one will care
about a daddy and his baby girl
But in these moments with you in my arms
there's nothing else in this world
And if the older you could look back on me tonight
I'd speak from my soul
that if I can't hold your hand any longer than this
then my dreams for you
will still be there to hold.

So I'm gonna dance with you now
Since tomorrow just went away
You won't remember this night
But for me it'll have to stay
You are my little girl
And to me you are the world
So I'm gonna dance with you now
Because tomorrow, well tomorrow
just went away."