No one tells you
How to be a father
One day, there's a baby
Staring at you
So perfect and unblemished, head to toe

And all you see is
All the ways you'll fail her
All the ways you're lacking
Best to hide in work
'Cause money is the only thing you know

You tell yourself
Don't even bother
A daughter needs her mother
She'll be fine
Go earn that dime

But all she wants is
A little more of your time

One day she looks up
And you're a stranger
You don't know the names
Of any of her friends
If there's a door, she's on the other side