Preacher's Daughter

His hands turned gold leaf pages Then taught me to tie my laces He could build a house strong as the good Lord's prayer Had two girls, never a son Left his job in 81 For cardboard boxes full of Sunday clothes to wear We're all just who we are The apple don't fall far Preacher's daughter I loved my father Turned wine from water In my eyes Bound together Sweet surrender I forever know that I'm A preacher's daughter I was the one he couldn't tame Bound to scuff up the family name And at seventeen I took off on my own Like his will, I would not bend Guess I got my nerve from him But we were made of salt We were never made of stone Preacher's daughter I loved my father Turned wine from water In my eyes Bound together Sweet surrender I forever know that I'm A preacher's daughter A preacher's daughter I took him to the brink He forgave me at the kitchen sink Like an alter I laid all my burdens down And the day that he passed on I lost a little piece of God But I see his smile in the son that I have now Oh preacher's daughter I loved my father Turned wine from water In my eyes Bound together Heaven's treasure I forever know that I'm A preacher's daughter A preacher's daughter --- Preacher's Daughter - Joy Williams