If I Had A Daughter Lyrics - Singles - Terri Hendrix

If I had a daughter, I'd tell her that the first breath of life is the easiest 

From then on it takes years of practice 

'Cause if you know how to keep air in your lungs 

Then you'll survive when fate tackles you 

Rubs your face in the Astroturf and grinds its cleats into your back 

I'd tell her that it's better to be out there 

On the field of life takin' hits and makin' touchdowns 

Than bitchin' about the game in the bleachers 

If I had a daughter, I'd teach her how to face life 

And its peaks and valleys with grit, modesty, hope, compassion and love 

I'd want her to accept herself 

I'd want her to watch the stars instead of her weight 

Love her body, feed her soul, dance with her curves 

See those blue veins as a masterpiece 

Howl at the moon instead of her hair and to live inside out 

If I had a daughter, if I had a daughter 

If I had a daughter, I'd teach her to hold 

Her head high and strut through this world 

As a more than instead of a less than 

She'd trust her voice, speak her mind and seek the truth 

'Cause if it talks like a duck and walks like a duck 

Then yes, it might be a skunk 

If I had a daughter, she'd know that gay or straight 

Pin-striped or polka-dotted, tye-dyed or solid 

Straight-laced or bent, she'd have my acceptance 

And blessing in regards to whomever she gave her heart to 

If I had a daughter, I'd give her a compass 

So if she was lost she could find her way back to reality 

And when her soul hit the low notes and her heart was a kick drum 

I'd teach her how to turn it into song 

If I had a daughter, if I had a daughter 

If I had a daughter, I'd want her to be willing 

To venture into the great unknown 

But I'd make sure she had the blueprints to build her own universe 

If I had a daughter, I would carry her with me 

In every breath of every moment 

I would wake with her name on my lips 

And go to bed with her dreams in my heart if I had a daughter 

If I had a daughter, if I had a daughter