FAIR EMILY
(for my daughter)
Copyright 1993 Ross Rademacher

Fair Emily
I look into your infant eyes
What do you see
A thousand questions I can only hope to answer, Emily

On daddy's knee
A little girl just barely five
What do you see
A man who stands so tall above it all
He'll never fall, that's me

But I could not explain
The last drop of rain
But in my heart, you shall remain

Fair Emily
Young woman stand before me now
What do I see
A daughter grown so dear
The years I fear have slipped away from me

Fair Emily
The bells ring on your wedding day
What do I see
I see the time has finally come for Emily
To turn away and say goodbye to me
Fair Emily