With her grandmother's face and her father's brown eyes
Her own force of will to her mother's surprise
A whole look about her that says that she may

She lifted her arms and she floated away

She floated away, she floated away

She lifted her arms and she floated away
She don't give a damn what the other girls say
She lifted her arms and she floated away


"Let me talk to you mother," she tried to confess
"Go ahead honey and wear the white dress

Don't let traditions go stand in your way"
She lifted her arms and she floated away


Well a man has two reasons for things that he does
The first one is pride and the second one is love
All understandings must come by this way

She lifted her arms and she floated aw