Tim McGraw: 'You've had me wrapped around your finger since the day you were born' (Music Video)
August 31st, 2007 by Glenn Sacks, MA for Fathers & Families
"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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September 1st, 2007 at 7:25 am
Glenn,
I had two beautiful daughters, but from what I've read from fathers over the years, the relationship they have with their daughters is quite different from the mother/daughter relationship.
I love my daughters passionately, but I have to admit that grandSON has ME wrapped. I'm just overwhelmed by the experience of having a little boy in my life for the first time. He's only two, but he has to see how everything works, takes things apart, makes a lot of noise .... I'm loving it.
To all of you fathers: You think you're in love now? Wait until the grandchildren start arriving. It's an experience like no other.
September 1st, 2007 at 8:53 am
4 Grand Daughters. 1 Grand Son. They are thousands of miles away. Sad.
September 1st, 2007 at 5:54 pm
SGM Lee -
I'm so sorry. I have only seen my grandson about 12 times in two years and there's no excuse other than I was working 70 - 75 hours per week on average - sometimes more - and they live in Jersey and I live in PA.
I made the choice to see my ailing father when I had time off. I hope I have made the right choice.
September 5th, 2007 at 11:01 am
Thanks for posting this. I went several years without being able to see my daughter due to a bitter divorce and unfair laws in California. After many years my daughter now lives with me and understands what happened back then and I have just showed her this video. Just having her hug me and tell me she loves me helps to make up for all the lost time.
I must say that your Blog and several others helped me get my rights as a father back. I had given up on the unfair system and was ready to give up seeing my children until they were 18. I never harmed my children, drank, smoked, etc. and yet I was deemed unfit to see my children because I worked too many hours and was not present for them all of the time. Thank you for all of your efforts to get the word out.
March 18th, 2008 at 12:30 pm
Those songs really grab my heart even after 17 years divorced when my daughter was 2. My ex dumped husband #2 and ran off with #3 to Florida in '98. Three years later he couldn't do it right either (husband #2 and I filed a petition w/CPS against #3..we couldn't prove anything, besides what our daughters told us about improper touching etc...and that was blown off because mom made it look good) My business went down the toilet leaving me bankrupt. I had a breakdown that nearly killed me then, thank God for MHMR and medicine! Now my little girl is 21 and all grown up, the sad part is that I got to see her in person a total of 46 days since 1998. Sadder yet, I was taken to court 3 times to get my child support RAISED even though I couldn't see her. (it was up to 720.00 w/interest while I was making 29K at the time,the judge suggested I buy a puptent! mom makes 6 figures in mortgage and married #4) I spent every dime and even borrowed cars to see my girl when I could. I understand now why murder/suicides happen. Sad thing is, the kids suffer for it, any way you cut it. The AG's say "In the best interest of the children" I talk to my daughter often, I miss her more than words describe.