Song Description
Although this song was inspired by a megastars experience, it also is a description of the regret any parent may have by abandoning their offspring.
| Song Length |
4:16 |
Genre |
Pop - Easy Listening, Country - Contemporary |
| Tempo |
Slow (71 - 90) |
Lead Vocal |
Female Vocal |
| Mood |
Poignant |
Subject |
General |
| Language |
English |
Era |
2000 and later |
Lyrics
She packed her suitcase
And left it on the bed
Checked her face in the mirror
Making sure everything was in place on her head
She kissed her babies
For one last time
Slipped out the back door
Toward the lure of the city
And big apple lime
New York didn't embrace her
There's no talent in that
And all her guilty letters
Are returned unopened and kept in a stack
And she's crying
Lord I'm missing my daughter
And yes I'm missing my son
And I'm doing everything that I can
Just to keep this life from coming undone
Lord I'm missing my daughter
And yeah I'm missing my son
And I'm doing everything in my power
To keep this life from coming undone
She was only thirteen
when her mama ran away
Kept a vigil by the window sill
through the heat of the summer and
big winter rains
When it finally hit her
Mom ain't never coming back
She made a resolution
She'd be a big mega star
She'd be bigger than that
But she would never say......
Lord I'm missing my daughter
and yes I'm missing my son
and I'm doing everything that I can
just to keep this life from coming undone
Lord I'm missing my daughter
and yes I'm missing my son
and I'm doing everything in my power
to keep this life from coming undone