Sunday last I’m with my daughter on her bed
Motel sheets, it’s not her own
It’s just where we stay on weekends when I come
Two states and half a day away from home
I was Long John Silver swashbuckling about
Hardy harr and ho, ho, ho
We were Treasure Isle bound headed for that gold
She was laughing hard and then she spoke real low
Daddy, I wish that you lived with us
That was all she had to say
Those few words cut right into my soul
And now I swear this pain I feel might never go away
Then I pulled her close and kissed her on the cheek
And we rocked there nice and slow
But of the words I’ve conjured in my life
And that came to me was—Honey, I know
I turn back the clock, the day that she was born
The love I felt, it swept the air
I was sure we’d be together for all time
I’d have bet it all in Vegas, on just a dare
So I sit here adding verses to this song
While she’s two hundred miles away
And this ache I feel’s a wide as it is long
Just to see her face and even hear her say
Daddy, I wish that you lived with us
That was all she had to say
Those few words cut right into my soul
And now I swear this pain I feel might never go away
Sunday last I’m with my daughter on her bed
Motel sheets, it’s not her own
It’s just where we stay on weekends when I come
Two states and half a day away from home