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If I Had a Daughter

from The Spiritual Kind by Terri Hendrix

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If I had a daughter, I'd tell her that the first breath of life is the easiest
From then on it takes years of practice
'Cause if you know how to keep air in your lungs
Then you'll survive when fate tackles you
Rubs your face in the Astroturf and grinds its cleats into your back

I'd tell her that it's better to be out there
On the field of life takin' hits and makin' touchdowns
Than bitchin' about the game in the bleachers

If I had a daughter, I'd teach her how to face life
And its peaks and valleys with grit, modesty, hope, compassion and love

I'd want her to accept herself
I'd want her to watch the stars instead of her weight
Love her body, feed her soul, dance with her curves
See those blue veins as a masterpiece
Howl at the moon instead of her hair and to live inside out

If I had a daughter, if I had a daughter

If I had a daughter, I'd teach her to hold
Her head high and strut through this world
As a more than instead of a less than
She'd trust her voice, speak her mind and seek the truth
'Cause if it talks like a duck and walks like a duck
Then yes, it might be a skunk

If I had a daughter, she'd know that gay or straight
Pin-striped or polka-dotted, tye-dyed or solid
Straight-laced or bent, she'd have my acceptance
And blessing in regards to whomever she gave her heart to

If I had a daughter, I'd give her a compass
So if she was lost she could find her way back to reality
And when her soul hit the low notes and her heart was a kick drum
I'd teach her how to turn it into song

If I had a daughter, if I had a daughter

If I had a daughter, I'd want her to be willing
To venture into the great unknown
But I'd make sure she had the blueprints to build her own universe

If I had a daughter, I would carry her with me
In every breath of every moment
I would wake with her name on my lips
And go to bed with her dreams in my heart

if I had a daughter
If I had a daughter, if I had a daughter

credits

from The Spiritual Kind, released June 6, 2007
Track Listing

1. Life’s a Song (John Hadley, Sean Locke)
2. Bottom of the Hill (Terri Hendrix)
3. The Spiritual Kind (Terri Hendrix)
4. Pastures of Plenty (Woody Guthrie)
5. Acre of Land (Terri Hendrix)
6. What is the Color of the Soul (Jimmy Driftwood, Terri Hendrix)
7. Soul of my Soul (Terri Hendrix, Lloyd Maines)
8. Things Change (Terri Hendrix)
9. No Love in Texas (Terri Hendrix)
10. Jim Thorpe Blues (Terri Hendrix)
11. If I Had a Daughter (Terri Hendrix)
12. Mood Swing (Terri Hendrix, Lloyd Maines)

Credits 

Terri Hendrix - vocals, acoustic guitars, electric guitar, harmonica, papoose, mandolin
Lloyd Maines - acoustic guitar, electric guitars, mandolin, papoose, steel, banjo, dulcimer, percussion, harmony vocals 
Glenn Fukunaga - bass guitar, ukulele
Paul Pearcy - drums and percussion
Riley Osbourn - piano and keyboards 
Bukka Allen & Adam Odor - accordion
Richard Bowden - fiddle and cello
Michael O’Connor & Walt Wilkins - harmony vocals

Produced by Lloyd Maines  
Recorded at The Zone Recording Studio in Drippings Springs, Texas
Additional recording done at Bubba's Studio and Cedar Creek Studio in Austin, Texas 
Engineered by Pat Manske and Mike Morgan 
Mixed and Mastered by Pat Manske

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Terri Hendrix is an award-winning Texas songwriter who spins sorrow into joy and wrings wisdom from the blues with a poetic grace, warmth and uplifting melodic flair that has long been her trademark. A classically trained vocalist and multi-instrumentalist, Hendrix dodges musical pigeonholes by weaving folk, pop, country, blues and jazz into an eclectic style all her own. ... more

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