Daughters is the 8th track off of Mayer’s 2003 album and 3rd studio EP, Heavier Things.
The song won the 2004 Grammy Award for Song of the Year at the 47th Grammy Awards
[Verse 1]
I know a girl
She puts the color inside of my world
But she's just like a maze
Where all of the walls all continually change
And I've done all I can
To stand on the steps with my heart in my hand
Now I'm starting to see
Maybe it's got nothing to do with me
[Chorus]
Fathers, be good to your daughters
Daughters will love like you do
Girls become lovers who turn into mothers
So mothers, be good to your daughters too
[Verse 2]
Oh, you see that skin?
It's the same she's been standing in
Since the day she saw him walking away
Now she's left
Cleaning up the mess he made
[Chorus]
So fathers, be good to your daughters
Daughters will love like you do
Girls become lovers who turn into mothers
So mothers, be good to your daughters too
[Bridge 1]
Boys, you can break
You find out how much they can take
Boys will be strong
And boys soldier on
But boys would be gone without warmth from
A woman's good, good heart
[Bridge 2]
On behalf of every man
Looking out for every girl
You are the God and the weight of her world
[Chorus]
So fathers, be good to your daughters
Daughters will love like you do
Girls become lovers who turn into mothers
So mothers, be good to your daughters too
[Outro]
So mothers be good to your daughters, too
So mothers be good to your daughters, too
Daughters was written by John Mayer.
Daughters was produced by Jack Joseph Puig.
John Mayer released Daughters on Tue Sep 28 2004.
The story behind [Daughters] becoming a hit is about trusting someone else’s view. If I hadn’t done that, it wouldn’t have been a single and people would have forgotten the Heavier Things album completely. But someone heard the song and said it would work. I said it wouldn’t. When I accepted the Gra...