Verse 1
It's a scene as old as daughters and moms
Wide eyes watch as your makeup goes on

Everything you do she takes in
How she sees herself this is where it begins


Pre-Chorus
As she's playing in your high heeled shoes
What do you say when she asks you






Can you teach me how to be beautiful



Chorus
To be beautiful find the good in life

Let your words be kind
True beauty lives in a place within
So let it shine, you see, cause

It's not what the mirror sees that counts
But all the happiness you give out
So smile that's how to be beautiful


Verse 2
Fast forward your baby girl's twenty three

Taking on the world with her college degree
Life's edges can cut and wound her pride
Make her question what she's worth inside


Pre-Chorus
When she starts to doubt the truth

Take heart know she'll think of you
Then she'll remember how to be beautiful


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Bridge
As your hair turns gray
She'll be with you now

When the lines show on your face
She'll remind you how


Repeat Chorus