The declaration of independence 

think i can tell you that first sentence 

but then i'm lost 

i can't begin to count the theories 

i had pounded in my head that i forgot 

i don't remember all that spanish 

or the gettysburg address 

but there is one speech from high school 

i'll never forgot 



chorus: 



come on in boy, sit on down 

and tell me ‘bout yourself 

so you like my daughter, do you now 

yeah we think she's something else 

she's her daddy's girl and her mama's world 

she deserves respect, that's what she'll get, ain't it son 

now y'all run along and have some fun 

i'll see you when you get back 

bet i'll be up all night 

still cleaning this gun 



well now that i'm a father 

i'm scared to death one day my daughter's gonna find 

that teenage boy i used to be 

who seems to have just one thing on his mind 

she's growing up so fast it won't be long 

‘fore i'll have to put the fear of god 

into some kid at the door 



(repeat chorus) 



it's all for show, ain't nobody gonna get hurt 

it's just a daddy thing, hey believe me man, it works 



(repeat chorus)