a thousand miles away from you
I may as well live on the moon
The stars at night we both can see
would you see them and think of me?
last time I held you close to me
you clung and would not let me leave
a bloodshot wish that I could stay
and never go away

little girl who looks like me
your picture in my hand
little girl I long to see
do you understand?

I feel sometimes as if you're near
you're in my song for all to hear
you're growing up) while I grow old
I long to have your hand to hold
imagine you everyday
you're here with me yet far away
look in your eyes and I see mine
sincerity I find

and I have much to say
tell me if you can
little girl who looks like me
do you understand?

I'd make a rainbow out of hope
if all my love for you it showed
I'd catch a cloud and paint it blue
if it would prove my love for you
so turn the pages of my heart
and see what's written down inside
all of my days I'll try to be
a father in your eyes