Daddy

Sweet little girl, with nothing to say She hides in the smile She wears on her face The secrets of her, the family keeps The secrets of him that Blacken the sheep She shakes at the sound Of jingling keys The man that she loves The violent disease 'Cause when he's around There's nothing to hide She makes no sound as She swallows her pride And daddy only comes when He's ready for more She waits on the floor She watches the door And daddy only comes when He's begging for more And just like before He opens the door Weigh your heart against my eyes (Are you sober now, is it over?) Weigh your heart against my eyes (She'll be so let down when she's older) Play her father when she cries (Now she's so messed up, and she says-) All I want is Now he returns, like every time With rum on his breath, and her on his mind There's no one around to witness the crime A scream won't sound past the property line The man that she loves, the wicked offense She takes the attention, suppresses the rest Emotion and pain, it can't be disguised The smaller she feels, the bigger she cries And daddy gives it all 'Cause he loves you the most He's stretching your clothes You're clenching your toes He says he gives it all 'Cause he loves you the most He's holding you close His hands on your throat Weigh your heart against my eyes (Are you sober now, is it over?) Weigh your heart against my eyes (She'll be so let down when she's older) Play her father when she cries (Now she's so messed up, and she says) All I want is you All I want is Now she's of age, and he's on his last But nothing can heal the scars of her past She feels so alone and angry, because She sees him the way the family does So late in the night, her eyes seeing red And daddy lay sick on the hospital bed She creeps in the room with a bag in her hand And smothers the face of a terrible man If daddy only stopped when She begged him before He'd be so much more She'd be so much more If daddy only stopped When she begged him before Weigh your heart against my eyes (Are you sober now, is it over?) Weigh your heart against my eyes (And she's so let down, now she's older) Play his daughter when he lies (Now you're so messed up, and he says) All I want is you (Now you're so messed up, and he says) All I want is you (And she's so let down when he lies) All I want is