I am the baby girl
I am my mothers pleasure
I am my daddy's pearl
We are rolling in the rambler
On an early winters afternoon
And I got my daddy to myself
Soak it up and let the sun shine through
He's taking me to daddy's water
He's taking my picture there
I'm smiling
standing on the stony shore
Of daddy's water
The water
Daddy's wearing a raincoat
Daddy's smoking a cigarette
Daddy says he's got something to show to me
We can keep it our own special secret
Out of the car, and into the forest
Something's glittering behind the trees
There's a stack of overturned
flat-bottomed boats
Awaiting their launch in spring
He's taking me to daddy's water
He's taking my picture there
I'm smiling
standing on the stony shore
Of daddy's water
The water
Cast your dreams into the reservoir
It is the favorite food of the fishes there
Who swim atop the flooded fields
Who guard the wishes of the many men
And the many women
Sun is setting
it's getting cold
I don't know how to button my own coat
My daddy he reaches down
He picks me up off of the ground
He's taking me to daddy's water
He's taking my picture there
I'm smiling
standing on the stony shore
Of daddy's water
The water