Sometimes you'll see something, and it'll just take off at a dead run... what follows is one such...

This evening, during my after-dinner run (okay, power walk), I was passed by an SUV with a dad riding shotgun... I passed 'em twice more, inching towards an empty parking spot in an empty parking lot... and the first verse just "fell outta the sky..."

So, without further ta-do... here's:

LITTLE GIRL
(c) 2012 - G. Smith (BMI)
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Little girl behind the wheel,
Trying not to cry,
I can't believe that... this is real;
Me teaching you to drive.
You look so nervous;
You look so scared;
But I'm the one who's...
Unprepared...
Little girl behind the wheel;
If you won't cry... neither will I.

Little girl in cap and gown,
Laughing with your friends;
A few more weeks till... you leave town,
Before the summer ends...
Off to college...
Off to school...
I'm not sure I...
Like these rules...
Little girl in cap and gown;
If you'll keep laughing... so will I...

It seems like twenty minutes ago
I was counting fingers, counting toes;
Asking, "Hey - who's got your nose?"
It's old but true - how fast time goes...
It's old but true... how fast time goes...

Little girl walking down the aisle,
Tell me, what's the rush?
Don't say a word, I can... see your smile...
Did I make you blush...?
You look so happy,
As you say, "I do..."
I guess that I'll get
Through this, too....
Little girl walking down the aisle,
If you keep smiling.... so will I...
If you keep smiling... so will I...
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As an after-note, I don't have daughters, just sons... one of which graduated this weekend, making the second verse both "easy" and "hard" at the same time...

Enny hoot... holler back...

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