Lyrics: But Daddy I Love Him

I forget how the West was won

I forget if this was ever fun

I just learned these people only raise you to cage you

Sarahs and Hannahs in their Sunday best

Clutching their pearls, sighing, "What a mess"

I just learned these people try and save you

'Cause they hate you


Too high a horse

For a simple girl to rise above it

They slammed the door on my whole world

The one thing I wanted


Now I'm running with my dress unbuttoned

Screaming, "But Daddy, I love him!

I'm having his baby"

No, I'm not, but you should see your faces

I'm telling him to floor it through the fences

No, I'm not coming to my senses

I know he's crazy but he's the one I want


Dutiful daughter, all my plans were laid

Tendrils tucked into a woven braid

Growing up precocious sometimes means not growing up at all

He was chaos, he was revelry

Bedroom eyes like a remedy

Soon enough the elders had convened

Down at the city hall


"Stay away from her"

The saboteurs protested too much

Lord knows the words we never heard

Just screeching tires and true love


And I'm running with my dress unbuttoned

Screaming, "But Daddy, I love him!

I'm having his baby"

No, I'm not, but you should see your faces

I'm telling him to floor it through the fences

No, I'm not coming to my senses

I know he's crazy but he's the one I want


I'll tell you something right now

I'd rather burn my whole life down

Than listen to one more second of all this bitching and moaning

I'll tell you something about my good name

It's mine alone to disgrace

I don't cater to all these vipers dressed in empath's clothing


God save the most judgmental creeps

Who say they want what's best for me

Sanctimoniously performing soliloquies I'll never see

Thinking it can change the beat

Of my heart when he touches me

And counteract the chemistry

And undo the destiny

You ain't gotta pray for me

Me and my wild boy and all this wild joy

If all you want is gray for me

Then it's just white noise

And it's just my choice


There's a lot of people in town that I

Bestow upon my fakest smiles

Scandal does funny things to pride

But brings lovers closer

We came back when the heat died down

Went to my parents and they came around

All the wine moms are still holding out

But fuck 'em, it's over


Now I'm dancing in my dress in the sun, and

Even my daddy just loves him

I'm his lady

And oh my God, you should see your faces

Time, doesn't it give some perspective?

And no, you can't come to the wedding

I know he's crazy, but he's the one I want


I'll tell you something right now, you ain't gotta pray for me

Me and my wild boy and all of this wild joy

He was chaos, he was revelry

If all you want is gray for me

Then it's just white noise, and it's my choice


Screaming, "But Daddy, I love him!

I'm having his baby"

No, I'm not, but you

Should see your faces

But oh my God, you should see your faces

He was chaos, he was revelry