Mikhail Bennett, Rose Bennett - Father Daughter Duet

I was there, daddy
Waiting on me every night
My little girl by the window
Holding on to a fading light
I didn't need all your money
I didn't need you to be strong
I just needed you beside me
Those little shoes by the doorway
Lord, I remember them well
You used to line them up so neatly while
I was trapped inside myself
Pink riddons down on the staircase
He'd fix them over and go up
I should've walked through that hallway
And told you you were my world
Learn to stay quiet in shadows so
I wouldn't ask for too much
Cause every time
I reach for you
I was reaching for someone
I love
I was there, daddy
Waiting on me every night
My little girl by the window
Holding on to a fading light
I didn't need all your money
I didn't need you to be strong
I just needed you beside me
But you were already gone
You were left, baby
I found your loving strangers
In voices that sounded like truth
Every baby
I got you
Was just me searching for you
You were searching for a father
And every hand that held you close
And every time they walked away
It broke me more than you'll ever know
Now every memory keeps whispering
The words
I should have said
I spent so many years surviving
While your childhood slipped away
I was there
But you were never inside
I was learning how to be strong
In a world that didn't feel right
I didn't need your perfection
I didn't need you to try
I just needed you to hold me before
I learned how to hide
Am
I here now in the world so crazy if
I could turn back time
I see all the pain in the distance you've been
And maybe you didn't know how
Maybe you were just lost too but
I was a child still reaching for you
You were there if
I could turn back time, I'd never miss those years
I told you every morning
I was there, daddy
Waiting on you, waiting on you
Wipe away your tears
Those little shoes by the door