Preacher's Daughter-Joy Williams

[00:15.81]His hands turn gold leaf pages [00:19.32]Then taught me to tie my laces [00:23.38]He could build a house [00:25.44]Strong as the good lord's prayer [00:30.30]Had two girls and never a son [00:34.13]Left his job and anyone [00:37.82]For cardboard boxes full of Sunday clothes to wear [00:43.51] [00:45.79]Yeah, we're all just who we are [00:49.83]The apple don't fall far [00:52.23] [00:53.16]Preacher's daughter, I love my father [00:59.67]Turned wine from water in my eyes [01:08.70]Bound together, sweet surrender [01:15.51]I forever know that I'm a preacher's daughter [01:29.90] [01:31.83]I was the one he could not tame [01:35.84]Bound to scuff up the family name [01:39.98]And at seventeen I took off on my own [01:46.97]And like his will, I would not bend [01:51.10]I guess I got my nerve from him [01:55.10]We were made of salt [01:57.54]We were never made of stone [02:00.49] [02:02.48]Preacher's daughter, I love my father [02:08.91]Turned wine from water in my eyes [02:18.17]Bound together, sweet surrender [02:25.11]I forever know that I'm a preacher's daughter [02:41.39]A preacher's daughter [02:47.82] [03:01.51]I took him to the brink [03:05.90]He forgave me at the kitchen sink [03:08.87]Like an altar, I laid all my burdens down [03:16.35]And the day that he passed on [03:20.41]I lost a little piece of God [03:24.31]But I see his smile in the son that I have now [03:29.60] [03:31.21]Oh, preacher's daughter, I love my father [03:38.11]Turned wine from water in my eyes [03:47.14]Bound together, heaven's treasure [03:53.91]I forever know that I'm a preacher's daughter [04:10.23]A preacher's daughter