“He was caught up in a lie he half-believed,
Found her hiding high in the family tree.
Washed his hands, and put her 'cross his knee.
She said "daddy, you've been a mother to me."”

—  Tom Petty

Ankle Deep
Lyrics, Highway Companion (2006)

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