How He Loved You (feat. Laura Mackie & Sarah Jones)

When Daddy found out you'd be born, he was more than just delighted

Threw a party, hired hall, with everyone invited

He said, all he'd ever wanted was right there in his wife

A mother and a her baby, two beauties in his life

Daddy loved his baby girl, rushing home from work to see you

He would phone from the train just to hear you laugh and gurgle

He'd throw you up and catch you and kiss you on the face

He'd swing you and he'd spin you safe in his embrace

And how he loved you, loved you

Held you to the sky

And he hugged you, as if hugging himself too

No word of a lie

He was attentive at the start like I was his possession

Taking charge and making rules and punishing transgression

The perfect loving couple was all that we appeared

He showed me what was wrong with me and he was what I feared

There was drinking, that was true, but sure no celebration

His reaction to your life was go for termination

He hated children anyway, I think he hated me

I tried to protect us both from his brutality

And how he beat me, when he

Knew you would be born

And when he saw you he looked right through you

Turned away in scorn