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What Daddy Didn't See

by Gloria Lynn

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    Based on Gloria's personal life growing up without a father, this song is dedicated to anyone who grew up feeling unloved, unlovable and unworthy. Know that you ARE good enough!
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With a blend of country and pop, Gloria Lynn delivers this heartfelt original song that she claims has "lived inside of her for a lifetime" and needed to be shared.

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What Daddy Didn’t See

A wide eyed girl in a princess gown
I was much too young to know
That the man I loved would leave my life
And never watch me grow
“Daddy, where ya goin’?” was all that I could say
As he slammed the door behind him and I watched him drive away
I heard him say he had enough and needed to be free
But on the way to find himself, somehow he lost me

What Daddy didn’t see, was the girl he left behind
How he changed my life that day
When he had to say goodbye
When I look into the mirror
I see him lookin’ back at me
I’m livin’ every night and day, with what Daddy didn’t see

He moved to California, now and then he’d write
Sayin’ he was happy and hoped I was alright
The few times that he called, my heart would swell with love
And I clung to every word he said like a liferaft in a flood
He never heard me cry at night, he never felt my pain
He never knew how much he made a mess inside my brain

What Daddy didn’t see, was the girl he left behind
How he changed my life that day
When he had to say goodbye
When I look into the mirror
I see him lookin’ back at me
I’m livin’ every night and day, with what Daddy didn’t see

Dance recitals, graduations, the senior prom, my wedding day
Never feeling good enough, and choosin’ other men that wouldn’t stay

What Daddy didn’t see, was the girl he left behind
How she tried to understand why he had to say goodbye
I never told him in my heart, he was always there with me
And now I have my own regrets, ‘bout what daddy didn’t see
What daddy didn’t see
Was the girl I came to be

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released February 1, 2016
An original song by Rob Taube & Gloria Carpenter
Rob Taube - Keys, Guitar & Percussion
Jeff Ganz - Bass & Drums

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