“You Are The God And The Weight Of Her World”
Listening to the new John Mayer CD Heavier Things here at work. This is the song that’s making me have to hide the fact that I’m tearing up:
Daughters
John Mayer
I know a girl
She puts the color inside of my world
But she’s just like a maze
Where all of the walls all continually change
And I’ve done all I can
To stand on her steps with my heart in my hands
Now I’m starting to see
Maybe it’s got nothing to do with me
Fathers, be good to your daughters
Daughters will love like you do
Girls become lovers who turn into mothers
So mothers, be good to your daughters too
Oh, you see that skin?
It’s the same she’s been standing in
Since the day she saw him walking away
Now she’s left
Cleaning up the mess he made
So fathers, be good to your daughters
Daughters will love like you do
Girls become lovers who turn into mothers
So mothers, be good to your daughters too
Boys, you can break
You’ll find out how much they can take
Boys will be strong
And boys soldier on
But boys would be gone without warmth from
A womans good, good heart
On behalf of every man
Looking out for every girl
You are the god and the weight of her world
So fathers, be good to your daughters
Daughters will love like you do
Girls become lovers who turn into mothers
So mothers, be good to your daughters too
Chuck, I don’t know whether to thank you or hit you. I’m trying not to tear up at work, thanks to your post. As someone who’s going through some issues regarding my own father right now and that song really hit me. Wow.
Thanks for letting me know I made such an impression, Carol. I hope you work out your dad stuff soon.
Everything I have heard from the new John Mayer sounds great. I am looking forward to hearing the whole thing.
I like the lyrics to this one, I can relate quite well.
Only God is my God, but i DID look up to my father…and he let me down time and time again. Then God gave me a new one, who made up for it for 22 years. He died just last year. I LOVE THIS SONG!!