You're just a little older than I might choose

Right between me and my father

That crosses my mind on slow afternoons

I don't let it get much farther

But I can't pretend I'm not still a little my Daddy's little girl

It's going to take a lot of sweet talk

to sell you as a safe bet for my world

More than your years, all the things of you I choose

Come right between me and my father



I have yet to meet the man where Daddy says

Here's one to hold onto

He wanted to bring home all the young men from the office

Find me someone concerned with financial losses

But I can't pretend Daddy's little girl

doesn't sometimes look out through these eyes

with a little fear of your world

More than your years brings you more than I'd like

Right between me and my father



If Daddy and another man were drowning in the water

there's never been much question

My daddy would get rescued by his daughter

till now I've been quite careful to make sure I never found

someone I might pull out first and let Daddy drown

Of course that's a metaphor

Daddy never knew what those were for

He looks at them the way he looks at you

One more misunderstanding, another thing standing

Right between me and my father