Daniel Leeland Mattson

Why is there so much blood, she asks me. Why is the pale pink dream now scarred with death? How could he do this? How could he plunge the knife so many times? Where is Daddy’s little girl now? Somebody please tell me why he killed himself…Make the pain go away, right after you find my black dress and a plane ticket so I can mourn the shell of a human being who once so proudly called himself my father._____________________Smoke Gets In Your Eyes, PlattersThey asked me how I knew my true love was trueI of course replied "something here inside cannot be denied"They said "someday you'll find all who love are blind"When your heart's on fire, you must realize smoke gets in your eyesSo I chaffed them and I gaily laughed to think they could doubt my loveYet today my love has flown away, I am without my loveNow laughing friends deride tears I cannot hideSo I smile and say "when a lovely flame dies, smoke gets in your eyes"Smoke gets in your eyesSmoke gets in your eyesSmoke-gets-in-your-EYES_______________________Daddy’s Little GirlShe sits so quietly, the fervor of her mind quiet for once.She knows that she was never guaranteed tomorrowBut it hurts so much anyway.A piano plays upstairs, it’s playing our song, Daddy.The smoke got in my eyes and I can’t see where you are.I remember the first time you held me close andSaid I was your princess, your princess forever.And now my crown is tarnished.Did you know that I don’t even have a single picture with you?The white Grecian dress you bought me is stained with blood The blood is from the second time I tried to kill myself.You finished the job for real, Daddy.How can I learn to find myself in this lifeWhen my mother is Pandora in the fleshAnd my precious, precious Daddy is dead?I know that I was never promised tomorrowBut I was promised everything else.