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Sugarcoat
03:19
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Falling out of bed at 3pm
Praying for the rain to cancel my plans
Talkin’ to my coffee ‘bout tonight
I don’t think I’m in the mood for another night
Of running into you under faded lights
Pretending that you didn’t just break my heart
I shoulda coulda woulda
Told my friends I just need some sleep
Shoulda, coulda, woulda
Put away your photo while I drink
Tell my friends it’s not that bad
I tell myself I’m not that sad
I’m over it, so when I see you
Out again, play pretend, here I am
Putting on my sugar coat so I don’t feel the cold
Putting on my sugar coat, sippin’ on gin and rose
So you won’t see me blue, when I run into you
I’m putting on my sugar coat
Another shot of gin it pulls me in
For a second I forget your candy kiss
Riding on the wave of a sugar high
‘Til I see you in the corner with your friends
Hanging with some girl that you just met
Boy you don’t deserve to see me cry
Not tonight
I won’t let you bring me down
Cause boy you don’t deserve it
I won’t let you see me hurting
Here I am, back again, flipping hair
Putting on my sugar coat so I don’t feel the cold
Putting on my sugar coat, sippin’ on gin and rose
So you won’t see me blue, when I run into you
I’m putting on my sugar coat
Shoulda, coulda, woulda
Shoulda, coulda, woulda
Shoulda, coulda, woulda
Shoulda, coulda, woulda
Shoulda, coulda, woulda
Shoulda, coulda, woulda
Shoulda, coulda, woulda
Shoulda, coulda, woulda
Shoulda, coulda, woulda
Shoulda, coulda, woulda
Shoulda, coulda, woulda
Putting on my sugarcoat so I don’t feel the cold
Putting on my sugar coat, sippin’ on gin and rose
So you won’t see me blue, when I run into you
I’m putting on my sugar coat
Shoulda, coulda, woulda
Shoulda, coulda, woulda
Shoulda, coulda, woulda
Shoulda, coulda, woulda
Shoulda, coulda, woulda
Shoulda, coulda, woulda
Shoulda, coulda, woulda
Shoulda, coulda, woulda
Shoulda, coulda, woulda
Shoulda, coulda, woulda
Shoulda, coulda, woulda
Shoulda, coulda, woulda
Shoulda, coulda, woulda
Shoulda, coulda, woulda
Shoulda, coulda, woulda
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2. |
Southern Curls
04:38
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Southern baby, bow-tied, big girl, wide-eyed, new white shoes
Mama put my coat on, kissed me
And sent me off to school
For my first day, at a new place
Daddy held my hand and walked me down the hallway
then he waved and said
“They’ll love you”
Not all southern girls are met with open doors
Some of us are looked down on before we’re even born
Curls are too tight, skin is too dark
To feel beautiful just as we are
I’m a southern girl
With the wrong kind of southern curls
Newly fifteen, lipstick sneaking, mama’s high heeled shoes
Off to my first school dance, will I get my first kiss too?
Was on cloud nine till I heard my
Biggest crush tell me I’d have better luck with my own kind
And I cried cause I knew
Not all southern girls are met with open doors
Some of us are looked down on before we’re even born
Curls are too tight, skin is too dark
To feel beautiful just as we are
I’m a southern girl
With the wrong kind of southern curls
Wish I could tell that bow-tied girl
That feels alone inside this world
That she’s gonna be okay, the times are changing
But the world still tries to pull me down
I’ve had to fight to love myself
Sometimes it feels like I can’t breathe
I fight so no one has to feel that anymore
23 in music city with dreams and high heeled boots
Singing for a crowd of blue eyes
Will they want me too?
But all those mean words that ruled my world
Don’t make me feel like less than anymore
Because I know that I glow and so do you
Not all southern girls are met with open doors
But all of us are beautiful the moment we are born
Curls aren’t too tight, skin ain’t too dark
We are beautiful just as we are
We are southern girls
With our own kind of southern curls
Our own kind of southern curls
Own kind of southern curls
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3. |
Wrong Mr. Right
03:39
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My mom and dad loved him
And he loved ‘em too
He was 4 inches taller than me
When I wore high heeled shoes
Real easy to live with
We never fought much
Liked all of the same tv shows
He made the perfect plus one
He’s somebody’s someone
He just isn’t mine
I can’t go on forever and ever
Trying to force the stars to align
It just makes it worse
No bridges were burned
Wish I could but I can’t hate that man if I try
He’s just the wrong Mr. Right
I’m scared that he’ll move on
I’m scared that I won’t
I’m scared I’ll regret my decision
Of letting him go
My mom always told me
“You’ll know when you know”
But if knowing’s a feeling
I’ve got a feeling I don’t
He’s somebody’s someone
He just isn’t mine
I can’t go on forever and ever
Trying to force the stars to align
It just makes it worse
No bridges were burned
Wish I could but I can’t hate that man if I try
He’s just the wrong Mr. Right
I bet he’ll find a girl
I bet she’ll treat him good
I bet she’ll give him all the things that I still wish I could
But I know
He’s somebody’s someone
He just isn’t mine
I can’t go on forever and ever
Trying to force the stars to align
It just makes it worse
That no bridges were burned
Wish I could but I can’t hate that man if I try
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4. |
Big Blue House
04:25
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After school the kids in her neighborhood went past the blue house straight to the woods
Became pirates, knights, and princesses
Making worlds only six year olds could
But her daddy never let her walk behind that house
Said “it is dangerous for us”
There must be big monsters, bears, and spiders that can kill you with just one bite
Screaming witches with silver hair howling into the night
She didn't know that what could kill her wasn't in that haunted hole
it was a white man, big gun, blue house
Dixie flag on his pole, now she knows what daddy knows
“It's not fair that I can't play there just like all of my friends do each day”
She cried to daddy when he told her no baby girl and then just walked away
She can only imagine now how much it hurt to hide his fear
that his precious daughter could be a target around here
Because there’s big monsters, bears, spiders that can kill you with one bite
Screaming witches with silver hair, vampires roaming the night
She didn't know that what could kill her wasn't in that haunted hole
It was a white man, big gun, blue house
Dixie flag on his pole, now she knows what daddy knows
ABCs, 123s
Daddy taught her everything
He said there’s big monsters, bears, spiders that can kill you with one bite
Screaming witches with silver hair, picking strange fruit in the night
She didn’t know that what could kill her wasn't in that haunted hole
It was a white man, a big gun, blue house
Dixie flag on his pole, now she knows what daddy knows
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5. |
The Prince
03:50
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He was a doctor so he bought the fancy drinks
He listened and laughed at everything
He examined my bad arm, gentle twist and gave it back
And I liked that, I liked that
The way he looked into my eyes it was like he wanted to drink me up
So the bar turned into another one, and I refilled my cup
a few drinks turned to a few hours in a fancy hotel room
was it too soon, was it too soon
I’ve got bruises on my skin and a bite mark on my thigh from a prince who turned to pauper when the wicked clock struck midnight
I wanted him to like me so that I could like myself
What does it say about me if I let him cross my boundaries
He wanted me to meet his friends
The next day at a bar I’d never been
Told him I don’t want a crowd, could we go somewhere uptown
He didn’t like that, he didn’t like that
The way he looked into my eyes it was like he wanted to eat me up
So I went downtown where I never go so he’d refill my cup
Then this bar turned into another night in a fancy hotel room
But it didn’t feel like it should, like it should
I’ve got bruises on my skin and a bite mark on my thigh
From a prince who turned to pauper when the wicked clock struck midnight
I wanted him to like me so that I could like myself
What does it say about me if I let him cross my boundaries?
You shouldn’t cry on the way home
I said yes when I felt no
You shouldn’t cry on the way home
I’ve got bruises on my skin and a bite mark on my thigh from a prince who turned to pauper when the wicked clock struck midnight
I just wanted him to like me so that I could like myself
What does it say about me
If I’ve got bruises on my skin and a bite mark on my thigh from a prince who turned to pauper when the wicked clock struck midnight
Why do I need them to like me so that I can like myself
What does it say about me if I let him cross my boundaries
What does it say about me if I let him cross my boundaries
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6. |
Left You for Her
03:27
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I thought of her at night but kept my secret dream/dream a secret
Told myself it’d fade with time
She sang a siren song, talked of future I believed
When I was in your arms she was on my mind
She promised me things you couldn’t
Had me wanting things I shouldn’t
Traded your love for a city limit sign
You know I always loved you babe but the heart wants what it wants
You gave me solid ground but she gave me golden rush
No i didn’t cheat, but I admit it wasn’t pretty
You wanted me to stay but I left you for music city
You had a 9 to 5 and a ring for my left hand
A life that would make daddy proud
Now I give her all my dollars, do all that she demands
She can tear me apart but she builds me up again
She’s giving me a life you couldn’t
Doing crazy things I wouldn’t
If we had stuck it out would I be happy now?
You know I always loved you babe but the heart wants what it wants
You gave me solid ground but she gave me golden rush
No i didn’t cheat, but I admit it wasn’t pretty
You wanted me to stay but I left you for music city
Hearing her name makes you cringe
Likes she some kind of evil
But it’s not her fault
She just gave me a reason
I hate I brought you pain
But I’d do it all again for her
I’d do it all the same
You know I always loved you babe but the heart wants what it wants
You gave me solid ground but she gave me golden rush
No i didn’t cheat, but I admit it wasn’t pretty
You wanted me to stay but I left you
You wanted me to stay but I left you
You wanted me to stay but I left you for music city
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