In the fight down the hall
There's a baby who's crying
Daddy is yelling while mommy is crying
You see she was a princess to
Live life in grandeur
Now hating the life that
A Choice has hand her
Daddy works two jobs to Pay for his one dream
A family of his own and
Wife that would love him
But he's always working and
Mommy gets bitter
Now mommy has lovers and
Now daddy hates her
Take me back to childhood summers
Take me back to promise is honor
Take me back wondering what bores
Take me back (oh take me back)
Baby is growing up daddy's princess
Mommy left years ago, angry and restless
Baby found love on the bleachers behind school
Now baby's in love with the quarterback fool
Daddy, he warns her what painful mistakes make
but young love, no boundries, no timing, no retakes
Baby turns woman before summers ending
The cycle refreshes, it's victims unravaged
Take me back to childhood summers
Take me back to promise is honor
Take me back wondering what bores
Take me back (oh take me back)
Baby's now mother, the cruel joke repeating
Scared boy left running,
Leaving her bleeding
Daddy, he tells her he'll take on the burden
Overwhelmed baby is slipping, is fading
Baby found peace in a vital of weakness
Now baby is losing her grip on her reason
Weakness turns ravaged more than she planned on
Daddy sings her to sleep for the last time
Take me back to childhood summers
Take me back to promise is honor
Take me back wondering what bores
Take me back (oh take me back)