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Daddy's Girl

from A Lesson in Breadcrumbs by AMINAH

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A song to remember the good and the bad of what makes us who we are. This song speaks of spiritual connections ever broken, revisits the "duality" thematically interwoven throughout the album, and lets a father rest in peace. "We forget we are not our bodies/ And that our spirits live on/ And that we can still do damage/ Even after we are gone"

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I’m afraid, I’m just like you
Daddy’s girl
Without a daddy to hold on to

Those secrets we know
That part of your world
You let me see, yeah just me
That part of you that died
Right there in front of me

You set the blue print
Of the duality
Of the hunter and hunted
The protector and destroyer
I was stuck inside
Some Dickens' novel
Where it was the best of times
Or the worst of times and nothing
Ever in between

You were my baptism by fire
For how cold and cruel
The world could be

Chorus: The shadows that followed
Those monkeys on your back
They weren’t buried
Buried when you left
We forget we are not our bodies
And that our spirits live on
And that we can still do damage
Even after we are gone

I get the attachment
To you all these years
Both of us misfits
Who never belonged here X2

So tell me
Did you really buy into
What they did to you
What they did to you
We were always seduced by the same
Dark mistress to stray
Vagabond escapists we were

I’m afraid I’m just like you
But I wouldn’t trade it
Even if I wanted to

Chorus

But through all the fight and fury
I was always still
A daddy's girl
Just my daddy’s girl
I’m afraid, I’m just like you
All the mood swings
Thirst for cruelty
All your emotional weaponry
You left me your legacy
Just a daddy’s girl
Just my daddy’s girl
And I’m afraid I’ll end up
With someone just like you
So charming
And so cruel

Chorus

© 2013 Aminah & Fox Hunt Records, LLC. All Rights Reserved

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from A Lesson in Breadcrumbs, released December 16, 2013
Lyrics, music, guitar, and vocals: Aminah
Percussion: Brandon Eames

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AMINAH Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Aminah is a Boston-bred, Brazilian native—an avid reader of Rainer Maria Rilke and a poet herself. She is influenced by a variety of artists: Maynard J. Kennan, Melissa Ferrick, Ani Difranco, Tori Amos, 7 Year Bitch, & Tom Waits. She has resurrected the words from within her in her first solo full-length album with emotive notes & stirring lyrics. ... more

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