When She Smiled At Him

When She Smiled At Him - Suzy Bogguss/Chet Atkins

He wasn't prepared

For a daughter he thought how nice

A son would have been

But she had her way with her father

When she smiled at him

Years ago he stopped trying to change her he knew that

He just couldn't win

She'd come home

With stray dogs and strangers

He's have to let 'em in when she smiled at him

Now those old memories linger

In his mind she's still only ten

And he's still wrapped

Round her finger like the first

Time when she smiled at him

When he gave her away at the wedding

He paused for a moment and then

He whispered I think now

I'm ready when she smiled at him

Now as the years fade into each other he may forget

Some things now and then

But her face now so much like

Her mother's carries him back again

To when she smiled at him

Now those old memories linger

And he's smile cheat she long tough

And he's still wrapped round her finger like the first

Time when she smiled at him

And he's still wrapped round her finger like the first

Time when she smiled at him