Dear Daddy

Dear daddy hear me now
I’m not a little girl
I may not be all grown up
But I do know about the world.
Stop trying to cage me up
Don’t yell when I rebel
I’m not a disobedient child
You’re just making my life hell.
I may have some more growing up
But you don’t make it easy
I’m not five anymore
Daddy, why can’t you see me?
Yelling cause I don’t listen
Or won’t mold to your plan
You’ve never really known me
And I don’t give a damn.
Daddy I’m so sorry
You never really knew
All I ever wanted
Was to be loved by you,
But that chance is over
You’ll never understand
What it has always felt like
To know daddy’s not my #1 fan.
So one day you know this
I tried so hard to be your little girl
But I just can’t do that
I gotta make my own world.
Dear Daddy, I still love you
My tears fall for you
Cause one day you’ll realize
You missed out on the day I grew.
You were yelling at me
Treating me like I was still five
Now I know forever
That perfect family in my head is a lie.
Daddy I wanted to be little again
When you weren’t screaming off your head
But it’s never going to be like that
That Daddy I loved is dead.