To A Sleeping Beauty Songtext
von Jimmy Dean

Dear daughter
I tiptoed in your room tonight
And I looked down at you smilin′ in your sleep
You were so lovely my heart nearly broke
And I thought how very much like Sleeping Beauty a little girl is
When I tuck you in at night
I never know how old you'll be when you wake
One evening you crawl on your dad′s lap
And throw your arms around his neck
The next morning you might be much too grown up for that sort of thing
You're so quickly approaching the awkward age
Too young to drive the car and yet
Too old to be carried in the house half asleep on daddy's shoulder
I have a secret that I′ve never told you, Sleeping Beauty
You′re going on a very exciting trip
You'll travel from yesterday all the way to tomorrow
It′s a rapid journey and you'll travel light
Leaving behind you -
Measles, mumps, freckles, bumps, bubble gum
And me


I promise not to feel too hurt
When you discover that the world is more
Important than your daddy′s lap
Yesterday you were blue-jeaned and pig-tailed
The neighborhood's best tree climber
Tomorrow you′ll be blue organdie and pony tailed
And you'll view the world from a loftier perch -
A pair of high heel shoes
Yesterday you could mend a doll's broken leg with a hug
Tomorrow you′ll be able to break a young man′s heart with a kiss
Huhuh
Yesterday you could get lost one aisle away from me at a supermarket
Now I have to worry about losing you
Down another aisle to some strange young man
You see
Just at the point where you're growing pains stop
Mine begins
Yesterday you were kind of a pain in the neck when you were around
Tomorrow you′ll be an ache in my heart when your not
Tomorrow you'll lay aside your jump rope
And tie up the telephone lines
And that little boy that used to push you in the mud
Well, he′ll fight to sit out a dance with you
The clock upstairs is countin' the minutes for you
And the sky upstairs is savin′ its brighest stars
And the sun is waitin' with its shiniest day
Oh I, I can't expect you to live in a doll house forever.
Sooner or later, the butterfly sheds it′s cocoon
And the smallest bird must try its wings
But when you grow up and out of my arms
When you finally get too big for my shirts
I′ll still recall how you used to scatter dust and dolls
And partially through ev'ry room in the house
But you spread sunshine too
The dust is settled
Your mom picked up the dolls
But the sunshine will always fill the corners of our hearts
So, here I am talking in your sleep
Because well, if you saw this look on my face, you′d laugh
And if I spoke with this lump in my throat, I'd cry
Yea! honey when I looked at you tonight you were a Sleeping Beauty
So, I tiptoed over and I kissed you
You didn′t wake up I knew you wouldn't
According to the legend
Only the handsome young prince can open your eyes
And I′m just the father of the future bride
So you sleep on pretty thing
Tomorrow you'll wake
And you'll be a young lady
And you won′t even realize
That you′ve changed courses in the middle of a dream
But you might notice a little change in me
I'll look a little different somehow
A little sadder
A little wiser
But a whole lot richer
Tonight, I kissed a princess
And I feel like a king