But Daddy I Love Him - Taylor Swift

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[Verse 1]

 I forget how 

the West was w

on

 I forget if t

his was ever f

un
             
 I just learne

              
d these people

      
 only raise yo

u to cage you

 Sarahs and Ha

nnahs in their

 Sunday best

 Clutching the

ir pearls, sig

hing "what a m

ess"
             
 I just learne

              
d these people

         
 try and save 

you 'cause the

y hate you


[Pre-Chorus]
          
 Too high a ho

              
rse for a simp

             
le girl to ris

   
e above it
           
 They slammed 

             
the door on my

       
 whole world
              
 The one thing

   
 I wanted


[Chorus]
     
 Now I'm runni

ng with my dre

ss unbuttoned

 Screaming, "B

ut Daddy, I lo

ve him!"
 
 I'm having hi

s baby
         
 No, I'm not, 

but you should

 see your face

s
 
 I'm telling h

im to floor it

 through the f

ences

 No, I'm not c

oming to my se

nses
             
 I know he's c

              
razy, but he's

     
 the one I wan

t


[Verse 2]

 Dutiful daugh

ter, all my pl

ans were laid

 Tendrils tuck

ed into a wove

n braid
             
 Growing up pr

              
ecocious somet

     
imes means not

 growing up at

 all

 He was chaos,

 he was revelr

y

 Bedroom eyes 

like a remedy
             
 Soon enough, 

              
the elders had

    
 convened down

 at the city h

all


[Pre-Chorus]
           
 "Stay away fr

             
om her," the s

             
aboteurs prote

     
sted too much
           
 Lord knows th

             
e words we nev

   
er heard
              
 Just screechi

             
ng tires and t

rue love


[Chorus]
     
 Now I'm runni

ng with my dre

ss unbuttoned

 Screaming, "B

ut Daddy, I lo

ve him!"
 
 I'm having hi

s baby
         
 No, I'm not, 

but you should

 see your face

s
 
 I'm telling h

im to floor it

 through the f

ences

 No, I'm not c

oming to my se

nses
             
 I know he's c

              
razy, but he's

     
 the one I wan

t


[Bridge]
             
 I'll tell you

           
 something rig

ht now
              
 I'd rather bu

            
rn my whole li

fe down
              
 Than listen t

           
o one more sec

ond of all thi

s bitching and

 moaning
             
 I'll tell you

              
 something abo

      
ut my good nam

e
              
 It's mine alo

      
ne to disgrace
              
 I don't cater

              
 to all these 


vipers dressed

 in empath's c

lothing
           
 God save the 

          
most judgement

al creeps
              
 Who say they 

            
want what's be

st for me
              
 Sanctimonious

              
ly performing 

              
soliloquies I'

         
ll never see
              
 Thinking it c

   
an change the 

beat
              
 Of my heart w

       
hen he touches

 me and counte

ract the chemi

stry
              
 And undo the 

     
destiny
              
 You ain't got

   
ta pray for me
           
 Me and my wil

              
d boy, and all

      
 this wild joy
            
    If all you

         
 want is grey 

for me
              
 Then it's jus

           
t white noise,

              
 and it's just

 
 my choice


[Verse 3]

 There's a lot

 of people in 

town that I

 Bestow upon m

y fakest smile

s
             
 Scandal does 

              
funny things t

              
o pry but brin

   
gs lovers clos

er

 We came back 

when the heat 

died down

 Went to my pa

rents and they

 came around

 All the wine 

moms are still

 holding out
     
 But fuck 'em,

 it's over


[Chorus]
     
 Now I'm danci

ng in my dress

 in the sun

 And even my d

addy just love

s him
 
 I'm his lady
     
 And oh my God

, you should s

ee your faces
 
 Time, doesn't

 it give some 

perspective?

 No, you can't

 come to the w

edding
             
 I know he's c

              
razy, but he's

     
 the one I wan

t


[Outro]
             
 I'll tell you

           
 something rig

ht now
              
 You ain't got

   
ta pray for me
           
 Me and my wil

d boy, and all

 this wild joy
             
 (He was chaos

              
, he was revel

 
ry)
              
 If all you wa

      
nt is gray for

 me
              
 Then it's jus

  
t white noise,

 it's my choic

e
            
    Screaming,

              
 "But Daddy, I

       
 love him!"
              
 I'm having hi

  
s baby
             
 No, I'm not, 

             
but you should

          
 see your face

s
     
 But oh my God

, you should s

ee your faces