This Stranger (My Little Girl)

Today for her has only been thirteen years of living
And for me
It's been a wonderful thirteen years of giving
She grows taller every day
And farther from my world
God help me reach this stranger
My little girl

Music I can't understand replaced her nursery rhymes
No longer can I even guess what's running through her mind
Her long straight hair has forgotten ribbons and soft curls
God, please protect this stranger
My little girl

Can she hear the worried sound in her mom's conversation?
Can she see the anguish in my look of desperation?
Can she feel my love for her pulling against her world?
I love her so
This stranger
My little girl

Has she so soon forgotten how close we used to be
And how when something troubled her
She'd always run to me
But mom can't solve her problems
She keeps locked inside her world
God, help me reach this stranger
My little girl