Daughter

To be honest
I used to not like it
When people asked if I have kids
Now I say I have a daughter
And she lives with her momma
But I never say where that is
Or if I do I don't say that I went my own way
It was so long ago though and she had no say
It was a choice you made? A choice I made, yup
I ain't seen her real face in like X amount of years
You know I'm a real man, I won't shed a lot of tears
You know I won't be at home looking through my phone
Crying over your messages when nobody sees
Put my feelings in a text and sent them away
Lost in thought and led astray
I know I said I'd be better today
And I wouldn't let your message affect me this way
Not to be rude
But please not today
I'm not in the mood
And busy anyway
I'm still with my friends
And by the time I get home
It'll be too late

Ah, I just really wanna talk
But I feel it's getting harder
I'll always make mistakes
I'll never not falter
But I gotta keep trying 'cause that's my daughter
I gotta keep trying, that's my daughter
Said I gotta keep trying 'cause that's my daughter

I really put myself to shame
I complain all the time
I've got no one else to blame
It's no one else's fault by mine
I lost a lot of years
We cannot replace them, I have to just face it
I know I wasn't there
I totally get it if you feel resentment
It's cliché and I really hate to say it
But the whole situation it was so complicated
But now it's really simple and I'm so concentrated
On fixing things with you, I'll keep going 'til we make it
Promise I'm always there
I'm not going anywhere
Calling every day like a phone operator
Texting on repeat like a broken record player

Ah, I just really wanna talk
But I feel it's getting harder
I'll always make mistakes
But blood is thicker than water
So I gotta keep trying 'cause that's my daughter
I gotta keep trying, that's my daughter
I'll always keep trying, you're my daughter

Round and round we go, hanging on for the moment
I wouldn't still be trying if I thought that it was hopeless
Round and round we go, almost didn't notice
That all along my heart was living where my home is
Round and round we go, hanging on for the moment
I wouldn't still be trying if I thought that it was hopeless
Round and round we go, almost didn't notice
(There's more but I won't say)
That all along my heart was living where my home is
(Sometimes it's the notes that you don't play)
Round and round we go, hanging on for the moment
(There's more but I won't say)
I wouldn't still be trying if I thought that it was hopeless
(Sometimes it's the notes that you don't play)
Round and round we go, almost didn't notice
(There's more but I won't say)
That all along my heart was living where my home is
(Sometimes it's the notes that you don't play)
Round and round we go, hanging on for the moment
(There's more but I won't say)