Well you laughed and told me you really wanted a boy
But you cried the first time you held me
Said you'd never felt such joy

That's fathers
And daughters

When you took the training wheels right off my bike
That's the first time I could feel my wings
As you taught me how to fly

That's fathers
And daughters

When I was a pink ballerina
Dancin' in the kitchen
You held out your hand
So I could try my luck at spinnin'
The world kept turning
Always through it all
You're still there to catch me
I'm still learning how to fall

That's fathers
And daughters

You let me go out on my first date
You waited up and you didn't tell mom even though I got home late
And one day when that boy made my heart break
You told me that's why God made tears
To wash the hurt away

And I'm still that pink ballerina
Dancin in the kitchen
You hold out your hand
And I go right back to the beginnin
The world keeps spinning
Always through it all
You're still there to catch me
I'm still learning how to fall

That's fathers
And daughters
Like ice cubes
And water
We grow up and discover
No one ever loves each other
Like fathers
And daughters