Today for her it's only been
Thirteen years of living
And for me it's been a wonderful
Thirteen years of giving
She grows taller every day
And farther from my world
God, help me reach this stranger
My little girl
Music I can't understand
Replaced her nursery rhymes
No longer can I even guess
What's running through her mind
Her long straight hair has forgotten
Ribbons and soft curles
God, please protect this stranger
My little girl
Can she hear the worried sound
In her mom's conversation?
Can she see the anquish
In my look of desperation?
Can she feel my love for her
Pulling against her world?
I love her so, this stranger
My little girl
Has she so soon forgotten
Just how closed we used to be
And how when something troubled her
She'd always run to me?
But mom can't solve her problems
She keeps locked inside her world
God, help me reach this stranger
My little girl
Can she hear the worried sound
In her mom's conversation?
Can she see the anquish
In my look of desperation?
Can she feel my love for her
Pulling against her world?
I love her so, this stranger
My little girl