The Truth Behind Butterflies, Bunnies and Ballgowns
By: Amanda Muir
Black shirt, black pants, black nail polish
Brown hair, white streak, not sure about college
Don't want to teach, don't know what to do
All I know is I'm not good enough for you
You wanted the perfect daughter, instead you got me
I want my own life and to finally be free
Because---
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It's all butterflies, bunnies and ballgowns to you
Dances with Princes and glass high-heeled shoes
Jewelry that shines like the rays of the sun
Flowers and ribbons and we've just begun
To scratch the surface of what 'daughter' means to you
It's what I'm not, and what I refuse...
Yesterday a ballerina, today Idon't know
Currently all I am is a show
You really don't care about me so long as I smile
All you need is Katie and a nice nail file
She's the one that turned out 'right,' she's the carbon copy
She's exactly everything that you coudln't get in me
CHORUS
The only pom-poms I have are VT decorations
I'm not a Republican and I don't like our nation
I do wear colors other than black
I don't keep everything in a nice, neat stack
I'm extremely disorganized and I've got a messy room
I can't play any instruments and I hate to vacuum
All I have going for me is that I like to cook
But even that doesn't get me off the hook
Because that doesn't define a 'daughter' to you
"Glide, don't stomp." and "Go find nicer shoes"
CHORUS
To be....
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