Marry Your Daughter
Brian Mcknight
Sir, I'm a bit nervous
About being here today
Still not real sure what I'm going to say
So bare with me please
If I take up too much of your time.
See in this box is a ring for your oldest.
She's my everything and all that I know is
It would be such a relief if I knew that we were on the same side
Cause very soon I'm hoping that I...
Can marry your daughter
And make her my wife
I want her to be the only girl that I love for the rest of my life
And give her the best of me 'til the day that I die, yeah
I'm gonna marry your princess
And make her my queen
She'll be the most beautiful bride that I've ever seen
I can't wait to smile
When she walks down the aisle
On the arm of her father
On the day that I marry your daughter
She's been here every step
Since the day that we met
(I'm scared to death to think of what would happen if she ever left)
So don't you ever worry about me ever treating her bad
I've got most of my vows done so far
(So bring on the better or worse)
And 'til death do us part
There's no doubt in my mind
It's time
I'm ready to start
I swear to you with all of my heart...
I'm gonna marry your daughter
And make her my wife
I want her to be the only girl that I love for the rest of my life
And give her the best of me 'til the day that I die, yeah
I'm gonna marry your princess
And make her my queen
She'll be the most beautiful bride that I've ever seen
I can't wait to smile
As she walks down the aisle
On the arm of her father
On the day that I marry your daughter
The first time I saw her
I swear I knew that I'd say I do
I'm gonna marry your daughter
And make her my wife
I want her to be the only girl that I love for the rest of my life
And give her the best of me 'till the day that I die
I'm gonna marry your princess
And make her my queen
She'll be the most beautiful bride that I've ever seen
I can't wait to smile
As she walks down the aisle
On the arm of her father
On the day that I marry your daughter
I wanted to cut parts of the song that struck me but it turned out I really like the whole song! I couldn't make myself erase anything. I know this is so childish, putting up lyrics of a song but I rarely appreciate songs these days and I know that one day I will forget about this and how it made me want to cry when I heard it on a PUV on my way to the office. Good thing I was wearing sunglasses!
I'm not planning to get married soon, okay? A boyfriend would be good but not marriage yet...^^Someday... and I want this song to be sung on my wedding day on the Father and Daughter Dance..it will be perfect! And I know my dad will cry....hehehe...I will too! I just hope that my future husband can sing so beautifully. I will ask him to sing this while I and my dad dance.
So, until then I will keep this wonderful song here.
And then I remembered another song that I promised myself to sing on my wedding day for my dad. No matter how many years passed, my throat still constricts every time I try to sing this song. I could still remember sitting in front of the sing-along, holding the cassette lyrics and trying to memorize it by heart. I was 6 or 7 that time but my tears would well up and I ended up going up to my room to hide my tears which at that time I couldn't understand why insisted on falling down. 15 years later, I now sat in front of the PC,headset on and looking at the lyrics in front of me which I couldn't properly see because my eyes blur and I couldn't make out the words as I feel suffocated. The difference is I now understand why tears want to tumble down my eyes and why it makes me feel sad.
I know I'm not feeling alone on this. A lot of people out there can understand; some openly and some grudgingly. A lot of us doesn't show how much we love our parents, especially our dads (Daddy's girls, hello?) but some things and songs can easily bring our thoughts back to them and how they sacrificed to give us what we want in life even to the point of giving up what they were about to enjoy themselves. I'm a self confessed daddy's girl but I don't love my mum less. I have a fave song about mums but I won't put it in here.
Someday soon we will leave our nests and make our own. And we can just hope to be as great as our parents had been. Not all will agree to having such loving parents but I hope that what we experienced as a child will affect and influence our future kids. Affect and influence - meaning we should learn from what we should and should not do when the time comes that we will raise our own flesh and blood. Not everything will go as planned, let us face that, but maybe we should do the best that we can...just like how they did it for us.
Oh jeez, sentimental. Anyways, just a thought that I came up while I listen to these eternal songs again and again.
Cheerio!
I'm not planning to get married soon, okay? A boyfriend would be good but not marriage yet...^^Someday... and I want this song to be sung on my wedding day on the Father and Daughter Dance..it will be perfect! And I know my dad will cry....hehehe...I will too! I just hope that my future husband can sing so beautifully. I will ask him to sing this while I and my dad dance.
So, until then I will keep this wonderful song here.
And then I remembered another song that I promised myself to sing on my wedding day for my dad. No matter how many years passed, my throat still constricts every time I try to sing this song. I could still remember sitting in front of the sing-along, holding the cassette lyrics and trying to memorize it by heart. I was 6 or 7 that time but my tears would well up and I ended up going up to my room to hide my tears which at that time I couldn't understand why insisted on falling down. 15 years later, I now sat in front of the PC,headset on and looking at the lyrics in front of me which I couldn't properly see because my eyes blur and I couldn't make out the words as I feel suffocated. The difference is I now understand why tears want to tumble down my eyes and why it makes me feel sad.
I know I'm not feeling alone on this. A lot of people out there can understand; some openly and some grudgingly. A lot of us doesn't show how much we love our parents, especially our dads (Daddy's girls, hello?) but some things and songs can easily bring our thoughts back to them and how they sacrificed to give us what we want in life even to the point of giving up what they were about to enjoy themselves. I'm a self confessed daddy's girl but I don't love my mum less. I have a fave song about mums but I won't put it in here.
Someday soon we will leave our nests and make our own. And we can just hope to be as great as our parents had been. Not all will agree to having such loving parents but I hope that what we experienced as a child will affect and influence our future kids. Affect and influence - meaning we should learn from what we should and should not do when the time comes that we will raise our own flesh and blood. Not everything will go as planned, let us face that, but maybe we should do the best that we can...just like how they did it for us.
Oh jeez, sentimental. Anyways, just a thought that I came up while I listen to these eternal songs again and again.
Cheerio!