Baby

My daddy heard about my day
he came to see me in my room
I didn't turn around, but heard his breathing
staring at his baby.

He leaned one elbow on the bed
and held my middle tight
and I couldn't turn to look at him
so I looked out the window

I wasn't that upset today,
but I never ask for much.
My daddy wished he could see me
with everything I wanted.

I said "you're sadder than I am"
and his rough cheek was on my shoulder
I was still looking out the window
He said "That's cause I love you"

I hold my babies like he held me then
with an abandon, and like
I was something precious, something tha
out of everyone in the world, only he could have.

I don't want to quote him wrong
because he's my daddy, and he's proud of me,
and I don't remember anything more
exactly, except that I knew that

I would rather have my daddy's hug
than anything else in the world.