There goes the girl that she was Who stayed awhile and Left as the woman she is. When she come's back, I'm aching with love for all she may one day be Soon far from that I'll be long gone. Cleave to the arc of her smile Then surrender mine At the altar of time, Every memory stalls On the ledger of smiles, I've known but hers Soon even they will be long gone Gone is her hand lost in my hand No more questions endless yet grand Lost are whispered secret wishes To own all the sweets that have ever been Now her eyes see just certainties, Where answers don't do second guessing Life is waiting patiently to Take her from me to her destiny I miss the girl that she was As much as I love what the woman's become And if a dream came true Let it be that each obstacle she faces Lives full it's course then was long gone Gone is her hand... There goes the girl that she was... And there goes my little girl