Little girl sleeping in dreams of peace, 

Mommy's been gone a long time,

Daddy comes home and she still sleeps, 

Waiting for the world's worst crime.

And he comes up the stairs like he always does,

And he never turns on the light,

And she's wide awake, scared to death,

She smells his lust and she smells his sweat

Curled in a ball she holds her breath

Praying to a God that she's never met



Don't let daddy kiss me,

Don't let daddy kiss me

Good night



Little girl lies by her daddy's side

And she listens to him breathe

She knows there's something awful wrong

That she's far too young to see

And she knows she can't tell anyone

She's so full of guilt and shame,

And if she tells she'll be all alone

They'd steal her daddy and they'd steal her home

And it's not so bad when daddy leaves her alone

Praying to her God with his heart of stone



Don't let daddy kiss me,

Don't let daddy kiss me

Good night



Why, tell me why, the worst crime in the world



And daddy lies by his daughter's side, 

And he sleeps both deep and well

No nightmares come to him tonight, 

Though his daughter lives in hell

For his seed is sown where it should not be

And the beast in his mind don't care

And the only sounds are the tears that fall



Little girl turns her face to the wall

She knows that no one hears her call,

But it seems like God hears nothing at all



Don't let daddy kiss me,

Don't let daddy kiss me,

Don't let daddy kiss me

Good night



Oh dear