[00:11.76]If I had a daughter
[00:13.30]I'd tell her that the first breath
[00:14.60]Of life is the easiest
[00:17.19]From then on it takes years of practice
[00:20.88]'Cause if you know how to keep air in your lungs
[00:23.08]Then you'll survive when fate tackles you
[00:25.53]Rubs your face in the astroturf and grinds its cleats into your back
[00:30.63]I'd tell her that it's better to be out there
[00:32.42]On the field of life takin' hits and makin' touchdowns
[00:35.91]Than b***hin' about the game in the bleachers
[00:39.91]If I had a daughter
[00:41.29]I'd teach her how to face life
[00:42.85]And its peaks and valleys with grit
[00:44.91]Modesty
[00:45.84]Hope
[00:46.33]Compassion and love
[00:48.69]I'd want her to accept herself
[00:51.72]I'd want her to watch the stars instead of her weight
[00:55.13]Love her body
[00:56.24]Feed her soul
[00:57.62]Dance with her curves
[00:59.09]See those blue veins as a masterpiece
[01:02.10]Howl at the moon instead of her hair and to live inside out
[01:10.33]If I had a daughter
[01:16.56]If I had a daughter
[01:22.92]If I had a daughter
[01:24.56]I'd teach her to hold
[01:25.64]Her head high and strut through this world
[01:28.23]As a more than instead of a less than
[01:32.14]She'd trust her voice
[01:33.68]Speak her mind and seek the truth
[01:36.75]'Cause if it talks like a duck and walks like a duck
[01:40.38]Then yes
[01:41.35]It might be a skunk
[01:43.79]If I had a daughter
[01:45.09]She'd know that gay or straight
[01:47.19]Pin striped or polka dotted
[01:49.05]Tye dyed or solid
[01:50.47]Straight laced or bent
[01:51.97]She'd have my acceptance
[01:53.66]And blessing in regards to whomever she gave her heart to
[01:58.15]If I had a daughter
[01:59.51]I'd give her a compass
[02:00.80]So if she was lost she could find her way back to reality
[02:04.66]And when her soul hit the low notes and her heart was a kick drum
[02:08.46]I'd teach her how to turn it into song
[02:11.86]If I had a daughter
[02:18.06]If I had a daughter
[02:49.45]If I had a daughter
[02:50.95]I'd want her to be willing
[02:52.22]To venture into the great unknown
[02:54.72]But I'd make sure she had the blueprints to build her own universe
[02:59.63]If I had a daughter
[03:01.22]I would carry her with me
[03:02.72]In every breath of every moment
[03:05.40]I would wake with her name on my lips
[03:07.45]And go to bed with her dreams in my heart if I had a daughter
[03:13.47]If I had a daughter
[03:19.62]If I had a daughter