If I should have a daughter.

If I should have a daughter

I'd call her Glory or Faith or Truth

And tell her, Baby, this is what I want from you

I want you to hold your head up high

Like you're a gem

Like you're the sun

Like you're the brightest star in the night sky

So Baby, I'd say

And shed listen with gleaming eyes

I'd say I want you to be wise 

And always follow your heart

And follow your dreams 

And never let them pull you apart

And persevere and push and hold on just a second longer

Cuz Baby, what won't destroy you, 

Will only make you stronger. 

And she'd nod her head patiently 

Absorbing all o' my words 

Like a sponge soaks up water 

But my daughter,  will not be weighed down by em

Instead she'd spread her wings 

And soar like I never could

She'd live the dream that I probably have would 

If only.. 

If only I wasn't for sale and If I wasn't bought 

If I wasn't left in this hell to rot

If I had fought and 

If I had not 

Fallen into his plot

A swollen belly wouldn't be the only thing I'd have got

But it's the first hope in  years 

After tears and fears and glares and flame and game and an utter lot of shame... 

I fear, though 

That she might inherit my fate

But then I slap myself and say 

No, she will be brave

She will fight, she will win

She would not bend 

She'd struggle with pride and she'd strive

Because when all fails and crumbles and comes to an end

It's Glory, it's Faith, it's Truth that survives.