But Daddy I Love Him

Album: The Tortured Poets Department (2024)
Charted: 7
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  • 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 griping and moaning
    I'll tell you something 'bout 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 of 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, 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) Writer/s: Aaron Brooking Dessner, Taylor Swift
    Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Universal Music Publishing Group
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

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