My Barefoot Girl

I remember the very first day I saw that teeny-tiny bare foot When the nurses took her away And pressed it with ink on the birth certificate And I watched those tiny bare feet Take their first steps on the carpeted floor And the way she would squish her toes in the sand Is a memory I just adore Her shoes would never stay on long And the socks would come off too As she ran through fields of grass And the years passed on through She would splash in rain puddles Walk through mud up to her calves Being barefoot she was happiest Muddy footprints would make her laugh Now I walk with her in a white flowing gown Her groom waiting in his tux so neat The wedding dress covers them up But I wouldn’t be surprised if she wore bare feet And I watched my little girl Walk away with another man But always I will remember her Dancing with bare feet on hot sand