[ti:] [ar:] [al:] [by:krc转qrc工具] [offset:0] [00:14.22]I Was Not There My Girl - Mikhail Bennett [00:46.66]Your little shoes by the doorway [00:51.40]Still haunt me in the night [00:55.93]Pink ribbons on the staircase [01:00.03]But I was never in sight [01:04.91]You used to wait by the window [01:09.40]With hope I never saw [01:13.51]I was chasing empty glory [01:17.65]While you were chasing a father [01:23.39]And my ego's silence louder [01:27.82]Than any crowd I knew [01:32.17]Oh, the money in the world [01:38.45]Couldn't buy back you [01:45.06]Oh, my daughter [01:48.93]I wasn't there when you needed me [01:54.43]I was a shadow in your daylight [01:57.92]Blind to what I should have seen [02:04.41]Now I watch you choose a man [02:08.77]And I pray he treats you right [02:13.23]'Cause I never showed you how [02:17.56]A real man loves his child [02:38.80]You learned your worth from strangers [02:43.24]From boys who spoke too sweet [02:48.40]Looking for protection [02:51.39]In hearts that couldn't keep [02:56.64]If I had held you closer [03:01.12]If I had stopped your tears [03:05.73]Maybe you wouldn't question love [03:12.33]All these broken years [03:17.10]I see it now [03:22.17]You weren't difficult [03:26.60]You were distant [03:31.22]You were just hurt [03:34.30]And I was absent [03:37.45]Oh, my daughter [03:43.36]If I could turn back time [03:47.84]I'd trade every selfish moment [03:52.67]For one more chance to be kind [03:57.26]I can't be what you're trying to [04:01.57]But I'm begging on these knees [04:07.16]Forgive the man I used to be [04:14.52]And let your heart be free