Daddy Daughter Dance (Wedding Version) Lyrics by Julia Cole
You bought my first guitar and taught me how to bait a hook
Got ice cream after every game, even when I didn’t play good
You caught me lying once and made damn sure I learned my lesson
But you held me when I cried and told me all ’bout doggie heaven
Every spring, you’d twirl me ’round that little high school gym
I’d look around so proud to show you off to my friends
Dad, I hope you know that I’m still standing on your shoes
‘Cause there ain’t ever been a day that I ain’t needed you
In this world that won’t stop spinning, you don’t let go of my hand
Took growing up to finally understand
The beauty of the daddy-daughter dance
If that boy don’t get my door, I hear you preaching in my mind:
“Girl, pay for your own drink and leave, honey, he ain’t worth the time”
And those back porch summer nights we were talking life under the stars
I look at you and know it’s gon’ be hard
To find someone that’s ever gon’ be half the man you are
Dad, I hope you know that I’m still standing on your shoes
‘Cause there ain’t ever been a day that I ain’t needed you
In this world that won’t stop spinning, you don’t let go of my hand
Took growing up to finally understand
The beauty of the daddy-daughter dance
One day my name will change from a Miss to Mrs
We’ll both be fighting tears, singing, “Butterfly Kisses”
In the center of that circle, smiling ’cause we know
This dance started a long time ago
But I hope you know I’ll still be standing on your shoes
‘Cause there won’t ever be a day that I ain’t needing you
In this world that won’t stop spinning, you don’t let go of my hand
Took growing up to finally understand
The beauty of a father’s love and the daddy-daughter dance
The daddy-daughter dance
