Little Princess.

You’ll always be my little princess

Standing on top of your castle in a dress

And I’ll always be your one hand knight

Fighting off all the dragons and ogres that bite

And one day you’ll be all grown up and moved away

And I’ll have nothing left to say

Except all the things you’ve heard before

That I adore you

I can remember you playing in the snow

Your cute gum boots making you slow

I wait for you to run and catch up

So that we can ski down the mountain with our cups

You would be playing so well in the cold

I would look at you and try not to feel old

I remember being so young at your age

I can’t help but start to feel myself missing those days

And one day you’ll grow up into your early teens

Getting a job and trying on new jeans

You’ll be hanging with your girlfriends

Boys will start to notice and try to make amends

And you’ll be sixteen years old and dancing around your room

Waiting for the new boy to zoom his brand new car into our yard

And I’ll be standing at the door holding your hand

Looking down at the boy who you tell me is in a band

You’ll go on your first date and I’ll be waiting up late

Checking the clock, watching like a hawk

You’ll come in all excited

Telling me about the way you were absolutely delighted

Then there will be the stage that you hate me

And the way all your friends start to flee

Everything’s changing and you can’t seem to handle

I’ll still be there helping you light back the candle

Then comes your first heart break

The way that you will cry into my shoulder

Smouldering all of your feelings down in the fire

Breaking both of our hearts as we watch it die with a spark

Then comes your wedding day where I’ll be the one giving you away

You’ll walk happily down the aisle; I’ll be shaking my head in denial

Then you say all of your vows and I know that it’ll all be ok

And you’ll look at me and I’ll wanna say...

Do you remember the way you would play in the white snow?

With your little gum boots making you slow

Every little step you would try to take

I would laugh at your little frame making its way

Now you’re all grown up with your new husband and a baby

Running around and acting like such a lady

Coming to me and asking for advice

I would just smile and say it’s quite a price

And when I will look at you and think to myself

‘God you’re so grown up, what happened to my little elf?’

You’ll have your own life and will no longer need me

And I’ll walk away as happy as can be...

Because you’ll always be my little princess

Standing on top of your castle in a dress

And I’ll always be your one hand knight

Fighting off all the dragons and ogres that bite

And one day you’ll be all grown up and moved away

And I’ll have nothing left to say

Except all the things you’ve heard before

That I adore you