"I remember I thought you looked like an angel wrapped in pink so soft and warm / You've had me wrapped around your finger since the day you were born...

"When you were in trouble that crooked little smile could melt my heart of stone / Now look at you, I've turned around and you've almost grown...

"Sometimes you're asleep I whisper 'I Love You!' in the moonlight at your door / As I walk away, I hear you say, 'Daddy Love You More!'"

Country & Western singer Tim McGraw performs many songs about fatherhood and family, and his words and observations are often dead-on. One example is his song Grown Men Don't Cry--see my blog post Tim McGraw: '...my little girl says 'I love you dad'.

Another is his 2006 song My Little Girl. McGraw has three young daughters. As I'm sure is true for many of you, McGraw's lyrics above are pretty much a perfect description of my relationship with my little daughter. "You've had me wrapped around your finger since the day you were born"--yup, that's about it.

To watch the music video to the song, which was part of the soundtrack to the 2006 movie Flicka, click here. The full lyrics to the song are below.

My Little Girl

Gotta hold on easy as I let you go.
Gonna tell you how much I love you,
though you think you already know.
I remember I thought you looked like an angel wrapped in pink so soft and warm.
You've had me wrapped around your finger since the day you were born.

Your beautiful baby from the outside in.
Chase your dreams but always know the road that'll lead you home again.
Go on, take on this whole world.
But to me you know you'll always be, my little girl.

When you were in trouble that crooked little smile could melt my heart of stone.
Now look at you, I've turned around and you've almost grown.
Sometimes you're asleep I whisper "I Love You!" in the moonlight at your door.
As I walk away, I hear you say, "Daddy Love You More!".

Someday, some boy will come and ask me for your hand.
But I won't say "yes" to him unless I know, he's the half
that makes you whole, he has a poet's soul, and the heart of a man's man.
I know he'll say that he's in love.
But between you and me. He won't be good enough!

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