DANCING ON DADDY’S SHOES — a memory play as a daughter looks fondly back on the Daddy she lost in the war.

Book and Lyrics by Sheila Rinear

Music and Lyrics by C. Michael Perry

LYRIC TO DANCING ON DADDY’S SHOES (first draft)

© 2017 by  C. Michael Perry

Life was the fantasy
Every little girl requires:
Pretty dresses and dances —
Just simple desires.
I followed every motion,
Like sailing on the ocean.
I felt it in my heart
The first moment I started
Dancing On Daddy’s Shoes.

Dance after dance
I was twirling all around the room
With an effortless grace, like a flower in bloom.
The faces flying by me,
While wondering just “why me?”
It’s silly to recall
I just seemed to be always
Dancing On Daddy’s Shoes

The world seemed to vanish while dancing.
New places were all so entrancing.
Every new dance was a chance for a kind of romance.

Funny how moments
Can turn the world right upside down.
And how time can erase
All the smiles with one frown.
With voices so confusing,
My vision kept refusing
The ending of the song;
Told me I was no longer
Dancing On Daddy’s Shoes.

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