Lyrics

I’m sorry your daughter’s not who you wanted

She dreams of having a wife and 2 children

Dancing on the beach carefree and laughing

I know it’s not what you were expecting

And she got out as fast as she could

She ran right out of her old neighborhood

To the farthest place away a different state away

It’s disappointing I know

(Pre-chorus)

Let me explain why she did it

Why she blew up your dreams and everything with it

Princes and picket fences were never that appealing

A man won’t put a ring on her finger

(Chorus)

Instead she’s dancing around

With another woman from another town

What would they say if they found out?

That your own flesh and blood is letting you down

Instead she’s going out

With some other girl she met downtown

She’s so far from who you thought you knew

Your little girl might not come back to you

(Verse 2)

I’m sorry your daughter can’t go to church

When she’s inside she imagines the worst

Like what if they know her dirty little secret?

That she dreams of having a wife and 2 children

And she carries that guilt wherever she goes

It clings to her skin and all her old clothes

That you sent in a package a long time ago

Let’s all pretend you want her back home

(Pre-chorus)

Let me explain why she did it

Why she blew up your dreams and everything with it

Princes and picket fences were never that appealing

A man won’t put a ring on her finger

(Chorus)

Instead she’s dancing around

With another woman from another town

What would they say if they found out?

That your own flesh and blood is letting you down

Instead she’s going out

With some other girl she met downtown

She’s so far from who you thought you knew

Your little girl might not come back to you

(Bridge)

She puts the kids to bed it’s been ten years since

She changed her last name just for the hell of it

And their mother walks in and she’s looking so perfect

Standing in the doorway saying “oh what a life we have”

You just can’t imagine why the fuck she did it

(Chorus)

Instead she’s dancing around

With another woman from another town

What would they say if they found out?

That your own flesh and blood is letting you down

Instead she’s going out

With some other girl she met downtown

She’s so far from who you thought you knew

Your little girl might not come back to you