Your Daughter
(Verse 1)
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