"Perfect She Was" lyrics

Taking it in, breathing it out
Riddled with fear we're trembling now
The happiest pain that we ever found
Perfect, she was

Breaking the news, breaking the heart
Breaking reality tore it apart
Praying her cries would light up the dark
Perfect, she was

I saw the girl become a woman
With courage and pain and salt on the linen
Created a life, a beautiful girl
Perfect, she was

You should have seen her, looked just like her mother
Just like her mother, except for the hair
Six pound, nine, our beautiful daughter
We'll always remember, when we got to hold you
Perfect she was

Deep in the night we struggle to rest
Working again and sending the rent
But even in death we'll never forget
Perfect, she was

Coming to terms with all that we suffer
Forever a dad, forever a mother
Forever she sleeps here in the heart
Perfect, she was

You should have seen her, looked just like her mother
Just like her mother, except for the hair
Six pound, nine, our beautiful daughter
We'll always remember, when we got to hold you
Perfect she was

Rockabye baby, above the treetops
When the wind blows, the cradle will rock
Rockabye baby, high above the tree tops
Where the wind blows
Perfect, she was

You should have seen her, looked just like her mother
Just like her mother, except for the hair
Six pound, nine, our beautiful daughter
We'll always remember, when we got to hold you
Perfect she was