If You Were Here

Daughter:

If you were here

I know that you would

Truly be amazed

At what's become of what you made

If you were here

You would know how I treasured every day

How every single word you spoke

Echoes in me like a memory of hope

When you were here

You could not feel the value that I placed

On every look that crossed your face

When you were here

I did not know just how I had embraced

All that you hid behind your face

Could not hide from me

'cause it hid in me too

Father:

How are you tiger? This is great fun, to be able to talk with you, like this--in fact I'm going to do it more often

Daughter:

Now that I'm here I hear you

And wonder if maybe you can hear yourself

Father:

(laughs)

Daughter:

Ringing in me now that you're somewhere else

Father:

I miss you a lot

Daughter:

'Cause I hear your strange music gentle and true

Father:

I'm sharing with you some of my reflections

Daughter:

Singing inside me with the best parts of you

Now that I'm here

Father:

But I'm so proud of everything you do there

I love you most

Daughter:

I hope somewhere you hear them too

Father:

Next time I see you you'll proudly sing it back to me

Daughter:

Now that I'm here

I love you

It's okay you can go now