Redhead

Album: If It Wasn't For You (2020)
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  • Momma was a hot head, daddy was a redneck
    Grew up in a single wide when Reagan was president
    Spooning in the twin size, newly wed business
    Didn't know they gonna have themselves a little redhead

    Nine months from Valentine's, blamed it on the red wine
    Bought a station wagon, stopped running all the red lights
    Big eyes, bigger mouth, wild child complex
    They didn't have a clue how to raise a little redhead

    Oh, they got their hands full, trying to tame a pistol
    Spitfire, freckles that could run among the dead
    Clothesline, tightropes, daredevil, high hopes
    They raised a little hell when they raised a little redhead

    (Now tell us how it is, Reba)

    Living with a sunburn, running with scissors
    Daddy's belt couldn't help simmer down the temper
    Bull in a china shop, rose-colored reckless
    Tried to run away, but trouble loves a little redhead

    Oh, they got their hands full, trying to tame a pistol
    Spitfire, freckles that could run among the dead
    Clothesline, tightropes, daredevil, high hopes
    They raised a little hell when they raised a little redhead, mmm

    Oh, they got their hands full, trying to tame a pistol
    Spitfire, freckles that could run among the dead
    Clothesline, tightropes, daredevil, high hopes
    They raised a little hell when they raised a little redhead

    Ah, God made the blondes, black-haired, and the brunettes
    Devil dropped in, said, "I don't think you're done yet
    Let's make a compromise, make an angel backslide"
    So they chipped in, and they made a little redhead Writer/s: Caylee Anna Hammack, Natalie Nicole Hemby, Trent Dabbs
    Publisher: Audiam, Inc., CTM Outlander Music LC, Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd., Reservoir Media Management, Inc., Universal Music Publishing Group
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

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  • Red from Utah"Run HER MOTHER dead."
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