Father Daughter Songs

I Loved Her First

by Heartland
Album: I Loved Her First
Genre: Country

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Look at the two of you dancing that way
Lost in the moment and each others face
So much in love your alone in this place
Like there's nobody else in the world
I was enough for her not long ago
I was her number one
She told me so
And she still means the world to me
Just so you know
So be careful when you hold my girl
Time changes everything
Life must go on
And I'm not gonna stand in your way


But I loved her first and I held her first
And a place in my heart will always be hers
From the first breath she breathed
When she first smiled at me
I knew the love of a father runs deep
And I prayed that she'd find you someday
But it still hard to give her away
I loved her first


How could that beautiful women with you
Be the same freckle face kid that I knew
The one that I read all those fairy tales to
And tucked into bed all those nights
And I knew the first time I saw you with her
It was only a matter of time


But I loved her first and I held her first
And a place in my heart will always be hers
From the first breath she breathed
When she first smiled at me
I knew the love of a father runs deep
And I prayed that she'd find you someday
But its still hard to give her away
I loved her first


From the first breath she breathed
When she first smiled at me
I knew the love of a father runs deep
Someday you might know what I'm going through
When a miracle smiles up at you
I loved her first

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I absolutely love this song. I can't wait until my wedding so I can dance with my daddy to this song. Perfect lyrics.
I danced to this song with my dad at my wedding. Even though I'm not the biggest country fan, this song describes me and my dad perfectly. It was beautiful!
This song describes me and my Father. And the way he loves my Fience too. It is going to be hard not to ball my eyes out. But great song for my Wedding
This was the song I chose for me and my dad to dance too! It decrides how I feel about my dad but more the way my dad feels about me! My dad will always be the one who loves me "first!" Daddy I love you with all my heart thank you
Well I can't say that my dad Loves Drew, but I knew the first time I hurd this song on the radio that my dad and I would be dancing to it at my wedding. I start to cry eveytime I hear this song, knowing that my father will have so many tears of joy on my big day.
I 'm crying right now listening to this song!!! It is such a great song and I can't wait to dance with my daddy to this song on my wedding day!!!
I love this song and always wanted to dance to this song...However I got to thinking this is exactly the relationship my daddy and I have. It's a good song to have my dad walk me down the isle and give me away.
Girls always treasure how much your daddy means to you and tell your dads how much he means to you! Someday he will not be here and you'll wish he was.
I love you daddy! I wish and hope that you'll always know that!
Congrats girls on your special day I hope it's perfect for you like my day will be!!! May God bless you and your marriage tons!
I KNEW FORM THE MOMENT I HEARD THIS SONG THAT IT WOULD BE THE PERFECT FATHER/DAUGHTER DANCE SONG ! IT SAYS SO MUCH ABOUT THE LOVE AND BOND BETWEEN A DAUGHTER N HER DADDY !
I love this song and it brings tears to my eyes just listening to it. I can't wait to have that father daughter dance to this song with my dad. I love you daddy.
My daughter and I sing professionally, and we did this song together at my best friends', daughters' wedding. It had just been released - so it was new to everyone - it's a beautiful song and, predictably, there wasn't a dry eye in the house when we were finished. (I have to say that it wasn't easy for me to finish the song with my daughter right there singing along with me --- but we got through it!)
It's definitely my favorite!
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this is the best song for a father daughter dance, i had goose bumps the entire song..
I knew this was the song I wanted to dance with my father before even getting engaged!!! I love it!! No matter how many times I hear it I always cry.
Not that is isn't a great song... but it seems like everyone is using this song lately! I need something more unique.
i love this song. my dad passed away in 98' and im not too close to my stepfather so my grandpa is walking me down the aisle. along with my 4 yr old nephew. Im definetly using this song
This is the song I am going to use for my Grandfather/Granddaughter dance. I realize it says father in it but thats what he was. My pap raised me since I was a baby and has been there ever since. I love my real dad, whom I just met about a year ago, and my step dad more than anything, but my pap really was the one that was there for me my entire life and I will be dedicating this song to him.
I love this song . it makes me cry every time i hear it . It make me think of me and my father.
i love this song! evertime i hear i want to cry. it makes me think of my daddy. my dad is everything to me. I Love you Daddy!!!
The thing i really love about this song is the line that say's "I held her first". I was born at home and the doctor did not get there in time so my dad dilivered me.
He was the first one to hold me, the first one to see me and the first one i saw.
It is really a special song to both of us and it will be the song i dance with my dad to.
My wedding was almost a year ago in June, and it still makes me cry everytime I hear it. My dad cried the first time I played it for him and then again when we actually danced to it. I hated that I loved this song, because it is a little formulaic but it was perfect nevertheless.
i truely love this song. i only wish that i would have been able to dance with my dad to this, only he has passed on. he was my everything. and although my future husband wasn't in the picture for my dad to even meet, i know deep down in my heart that he would very much approve of him. for anyone else going through this, you know as well as i do how much it hurts. i feel your pain. just remember, although he won't be there in person, HE WILL TRUELY BE THERE. i'm going to pick out a special flower to put in my bouquet just for my DAD so he has FRONT ROW. also a picture and canldelight at the reception on the bridal table, again so he is in FRONT. you will think of special things to do, or use my ideas. we are in this together. have a wonderful wedding.

This song is great and represents everything a Dad would want to say to a daughter on her special day...what a great choice of words.
This is a beautiful song.....but for me it has a different meaning. It's how close me and my mother are. As something different and special my fiance will most likely dance to this song with my mother as his own mother can't be in attendance. My mom and I have so many memory's together and are so very very close so its only appropriate that we place this song for my fiance and her to dance to. Theres time's like this where i wish it said Mother and not father. I love it for just the reason that its my own story. For the rest i wish everyone who is going to and already is married, Good Luck and Congrats!
You know how dads and men in general always have to act like tough guys right? Well my dad was actually the one to tell ME about this song and I cried as soon as I heard it and every time after I still cry or more like bawl. I love this song its just so perfect. You know every father has a hard time giving up his little girl. I just hope my dad and I can keep back the tears while we dance to this on my wedding day.
The first time I hear this song I knew I was going to be dancing with my father to this song at my wedding even though I had not yet met my fiance. When I got engaged, I told my dad that I already knew what song we would dance to and played it for him. He got a little teary-eyed and told me that he would love to but only if I didn't mind him crying the whole time. My dad is not an emotional person but he can't listen to this song without getting emotional...after all I am his only daughter and was always daddy's little girl.
i know this song is way over used, but the first time i heard it i knew that when i got married it would be the song that i danced to with my daddy. i dont know if he has heard it or not, he is not a big country fan. i cant listen to it on the radio with out a few tears being choked back. im sure ill cry on nov 7 when we dance to it. I love you dad, eventhough i dont say it nearly enough

Ok this song i stuck between this 1 and butterfly kisses im not sure what 1 i want 2 dance too maybe ill dance 2 both.....
WOW! I don't like country but my dad does and this is gorgeous..Gettin a little teary eyed right now. This may very well be our song!
this song makes me cry everytime this one and butterlfly kisses either one im dancing with my dad... cant decide though.
im not into country music but i think my dad would love it i like it besides its not are kind of music but the perfect song that decribe the love my dad have for me daddy only girl.

My dad has been in and out of my life for years. But i am still daddy's girl. He is my everything. I know he is going to cry when we dance to this song. The great thing is that he is going to be there. I cry every time i hear it because i know that how he feels about me but just never was around to tell me.
This song brings tears to my eyes. Beautiful...
This song makes me cry everytime and I know my Dad will cry when we dance to this at my wedding. This song is perfect.
This song really fits my dad and I. When I first heard it on the radio i cried.
For sure going to dance with my dad ....hopefully I can get through at least the first chorus without crying.
im crying e=right now just listening to this how am i going to dance to it!
I lost my dad when i was just 13. now i am getting ready for me wedding in 2 weeks. my step dad is an amazing guy and is giving me away but its hard to find the right song because its such a sensitive area. as soon as i heard this song i knew it was perfect. He may not be biologically my dad but he is as close as it gets and he has been there for me through some of the roughest times in my life.

Father ~ Daughter dance ... check!
this is actually how i feel about my dad because i am a daddy's girl always will be and this is the song i am going to pick for me and my dad because he means the world to me
I absolutely love this song to death! I am getting married in 6 more months and I have chosen this song to be the one for the father & daughter dance. Everytime I hear it I cry so much! If I am already crying now, I know that I will be balling my eyes out on my special day! I would definitley say that I am MY Daddy's Girl. I love you Daddy and you will always love me "FIRST".
This is perfect no more to be said!!!
i dont have a dad and my mom has never had a stable bf but my grandfather is the best man in my life since i was little and this song shows him that i love him for bein there when no one else could and that i thank god he was there
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