Kassi's Song

from Daughters by SALMIST

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lyrics

I want to be a father.
I want a daughter with eyes like her mothers.
And I don't care what the world has to say about beauty or grace.
Because girl you know I've seen it written on your face.

This is the moment.
When I find myself buried in thoughts of you.
Unheard is the sound of your laughter.
Unknown is the glow of your smile.
But believe me when I say this.
If you are not the very words of God,
then he Himself never spoke.

You, my daughter, that I have yet to hold.
Your eyes, the color, of all my favorite days.
Like the days we'll sit in city parks and you'll ask me silly questions.
The ones that start with "Daddy..."

Or the first day you play in snow.
Wearing the smallest pair of mittens ever made.
Your every hug will be my Christmas morning.
A gift I pray you never stop giving.

Life protrudes from each of your small hands.
And from that first breath began my striving to become a better man.
You have made a home in my heart, and pay no rent to stay.
You are all that has ever been beautiful to me.

No picture worth a thousand words.
No verse so sweet in prose.
Not the eyes of those who will behold.
Nor the forest's every rose.

I love you more than all that is left within this world.

SALMIST © 2013. All Rights Reserved. Do Not Copy Or Reproduce Without Explicit Written Consent. www.salmist.com

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from Daughters, released October 22, 2013
Written and Performed by SALMIST
Recording and Tracking by Nathan Worthey
Mastered by Jeff Hendrick
( www.facebook.com/JeffHendrickMusic )
Produced by Nathan Worthey, Jeff Hendrick, and Jacob Worthey

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