[Chorus]
Fathers love daughters like mothers love sons
They've been writing our story
Before there was one
From the day you arrive
Till you walk, till you run
There is nothing but pride
There is nothing but love

[Verse 1]
They can offer advice
That you don't want to hear
Words that cut like a knife
And still ring in your ear
You think of them ignorant
They think of you arrogant
If you need evidence
Who gave you confidence?

[Verse 2]
A snap of the finger and you're not a child
But you're still holding on
As you walk down the aisle
When they give you away
To hear someone else say
That someone will love you till their dying day
Li-die-dee-dee-die
Li-die-dee-dee-die

[Chorus]
Fathers love daughters like mothers love sons
They've been writing our story
Before there was one
From the day you arrive
Till you walk, till you run
There is nothing but pride
There is nothing but love

[Verse 3]
You can choose to remember or choose to forget
If they took you to school
Or they tucked you in bed
You can say it don't matter
You won't do the same
You think no one noticed
When you looked away

[Chorus]
Fathers love daughters like mothers love sons
They've been writing our story
Before there was one
From the day you arrive
Till you walk, till you run
There is nothing but pride
There is nothing but love
[Verse 4]
Now they're getting older
And you ain't so young
So you take care of them
Like your daughters and sons
You can ask for forgiveness
They can ask for the same
Forget all the anguish
The heartache, the pain

[Verse 5]
Wherever you go or wherever you've been
It's them that is with you
And that's you that's with them
Fathers and daughters and mothers and sons
As one story ends another's begun

Li-die-dee-dee-die
Li-die-dee-dee-die

[Chorus]
Fathers love daughters like mothers love sons
They've been writing our story
Before there was one
From the day you arrive
Till you walk, till you run
There is nothing but pride
There is nothing but love
From hello to goodbye
That's the story of love
O-o-ohhh
That's the story of love
O-o-ohhh

[Guitar Solo]