This Stranger (my Little Girl) Lyrics - Dottie West

Today for her has only been thirteen years of livin' 

And for me it's been a wonderful thirteen years of givin' 

She grows taller every day and farther from my world 

God help me reach this stranger, my little girl 

Music, I can't understand replaced her nursery rhymes 

No longer can I even guess what's running through her mind 

Her long straight hair has forgotten ribbons and soft curls 

God, please protect this stranger, my little girl 

Can she hear the worried sound in her mom's conversation 

Can she see the anguish in my look of desperation 

Can she feel my love for her pulling against her world 

I love her so this stranger, my little girl 

Has she so soon forgotten how close we used to be 

And how when something troubled her, she'd always run to me 

But mom can't solve her problems, she keeps locked inside her world 

God, help me reach this stranger, my little girl