Your Little Girl

Giggles, tickles, baby dolls
Papa's shoulders made me tall.
Spankings laced with hugs and love--
The past that I am dreaming of.
When did you turn around and see
That I wasn't your little girl anymore?

Home one day, an opened door
A woman sitting on the floor
You realize I've been busy growing
And now, it seams, you hardly know me.
When did you turn around and see
That I wasn't your little girl anymore?

Now I never hold your hand
I cry, and you don't understand
From a distance I recall
That Papa's shoulders made me tall.
When did you turn around and see
That I wasn't your little girl anymore?

Did your heart miss a beat
Did you want to cry?
Did you feel you'd lost a precious friend?
So did I.
When will you turn around and see
That your little girl still needs you?