When She Smiled At Him

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

And he'd 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

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

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

And he's still wrapped round her finger

Like the first time when she smiled at him