I know a girl   She puts the color inside of my world   She's just like a maze   Where all of the walls all continually change      And I've done all I can   To stand on her steps with my heart in my hands   Now I'm starting to see   Maybe it's got nothing to do with me, yeah      Fathers, be good to your daughters   Daughters will love like you do, yeah   Girls become lovers who turn into mothers   So mothers, be good to your daughters too      Oh, no no no no, you see that skin?   It's the same she's been standing in   Since the day she saw him walking away   Now I'm left cleaning up the mess he made   I don't think so      Fathers, be good to your daughters   Daughters will love like you do, yeah   Girls become lovers who turn into mothers   So mothers, be good to your daughters too      Boys, you can break   You've found out how much they can take   As boys will be strong and boys soldier on   But boys would be gone without the warmth   From a woman's, from a woman's good, good   Good, good, good, good heart, good good heart      On behalf of every man   Who's looking out for every girl   You are the god, god and the weight   The weight of her world      On behalf of every man   Who's looking out for every girl   You are the god, you are the god   And the weight of her world      So fathers, be good to your daughters   And daughters will love like you do   Girls become lovers who turn into mothers   So mothers, be good to your daughters too   Hey, mothers be good to your, break it down   Hey, mothers be good to your   One more time around, oh   So mothers, be good to your daughters too