Beth

Beth has her bike, and long afternoons Cinema Fridays, and young lover's balloons Taller than mummy, but shorter than dad She's hipper than both, and up on the fads. There is dinner to make, and homework to do, Bad memories of last year, and all she went through But she never lost faith, or the love in her heart When death threatened to rip Beth's family apart. Down to the Sea Down to the shore Blaze Wilde and up Child, explore Ask the night It will teach you Ask the night Beth it knows Calling you out to see you and how your body grows. Smiling came easy, when dolphins still sang Girlfriends slept over, and warm morning rain But blood changes everything, forces tomorrow Beth is tasting the future and feeling its sorrow. Girls love their daddies, and that is expected To make them feel special, funny, protected Sometimes it is different, Sometimes it's reversed Life can be tragic, switching roles unrehearsed. Down to the Sea Down to the shore Blaze Wilde and up Child, implore Ask the night It will teach you Ask the night Beth, it knows Calling you out to see you and how your body grows. Your hair it will thicken Your breasts, they will fill Forever you'll hearken as a little girl still To the Sea, to your father To the men you will know And the love you'll be given From above and below. Beth has her bike, and long afternoons Cinema Fridays, and young lover's balloons Taller than mummy, but shorter than dad Beth's love is worth having, It is what we all had.