You're daddy's baby girl
My moon-pie my sweet pea
We sat in creaking rocking chairs
Sometimes you'd sit on my knee
I'd answer all your questions
And you'd keep asking why
I'd read you from Good Nite Moon
When the full moon blessed the sky
We'd rock back and forth
Until you'd fall asleep
You don't sit on my knee anymore
But I still rock to hear the creak

Like the sun you chose to rise
Before the moon had a chance to fall
Empty rockers on the front porch
Don't creak much at all
I keep them dusted off
For my baby girl when you're in town
Wishing you'd come back home
Before the moon comes back around
Before the moon comes back around

The morning sunshine warms my face
But I'm chilled to the bone
A daddy's biggest fear
Is when his baby girl leaves his home
The steam from my coffee
Feels like your kisses on my cheek
When the sun shines on the dirt road
Will it lead you back to me
When the moon creeps up on the setting sun
And it's too dark for you to see
I'll be rocking on the front porch
So you can hear the creak

Like the sun you chose to rise
Before the moon had a chance to fall
Empty rockers on the front porch
Don't creak much at all
I keep them dusted off
For my baby girl when you're in town
Wishing you'd come back home
Before the moon comes back around
Before the moon comes back around