Today, dear you've heard a real grown-up word When you've heard the judge say, "custody" So little darling, I'll try, before he says, "goodbye" To explain what that word means to me {Custody} Custody means daddy going home at night To the emptiest house in the world {Custody} And custody is a picture in his wallet All that he's got left to his little girl {Custody} And custody means no more carryin' a sleepy little princess To bed at the end of the day {Custody} And custody means no little girl With a scraped knee will ask him to kiss her tears away Angel don't cry, you can smile if you try You're going with mama, so kiss daddy goodbye {Custody} Custody means no pretty little helper in blue jeans Following him when he cuts the lawn {Custody} And custody means no more frightened little girl in his arms During a thunder and a lightnin' storm {Custody} Custody means a visiting day that ends, just before it begins {Custody} And custody means a fight between grownups And a little girl that never wins Little angel don't cry, you can smile if you try You're goin' with mama, so kiss daddy goodbye You're goin' with mama, so kiss daddy goodbye