cold war kids

I know a girl, she puts the color inside of my world
but she's just like a maze where all of the walls
are continually changed. And I've done all I can to
stand on her steps with my heart in my hand. Now
I'm starting to think, maybe it's got nothing to do with me.

Fathers, be good to your daughters—
daughters will love like you do.
Girls become lovers who turn into mothers,
so mothers, be good to your daughters, too.

Oh, you see that skin? It's the same she's been
standing in since the day she saw him walking away;
now she's left cleaning up the mess he made.

Fathers, be good to your daughters—
daughters will love like you do.
Girls become lovers who turn into mothers,
so mothers, be good to your daughters, too.

Boys, you can break, you find out how much they can
take. Boys will be strong, and boys soldier on, but boys
would be gone without warmth from
a woman's good, good heart.

On behalf of every man, looking out for every girl,
you are the guide and the weight of her world.
Fathers, be good to your daughters—
daughters will love like you do.
Girls become lovers who turn into mothers,
so mothers, be good to your daughters, too.

(so mothers, be good to your daughters, too)
(so mothers, be good to your daughters, too)

       — John Mayer