A Little Song I Rewrote For You

Fuck you mom and dad

I know you messed up bad

You should've, should've done, should've done better

Fuck you mum and dad, for all the time You had to get your life, to get your life together

But You didn't

In 2002, you gave birth to me

Sweet little baby girl

Had the world at my feet

Before I could even stand

Cradled me in your right and left hand

A precious bundle of unmade plans

Hopes and dreams of bigger things

A bright future so it seemed

Oh, but that light grew a little less bright

As I grew and we began to fight

When I was 13, You were so damn mean

Blaming me for everything, stopping short

Of I hate you

But that's not true now

I just don't, I just don't know how to say

Fuck you mom and dad

I know you messed up bad

You should've, should've done, should've done better

Fuck you mom and dad

For all the time you had

To get your life, to get your life together

But you didn't

I never talk about you to my friends

Because you deserve the second thought

You dropped out of college for a man

You insist for me to follow that to the end

I followed your example of how to treat myself

Putting myself up and tearing myself down

Fuck you mom and dad

I know you messed up bad

You should've, should've done, should've done better

Fuck you mum and dad

For all the time you had

To get your life, to get your life together

But you didn't

I'm sorry that I couldn't be her

That perfect daughter in your head

I’ll never be her so don’t waste hope

I know I didn't make you proud

I needed to be myself instead

But I never figured out how

I'm sorry that I couldn't be her

That perfect daughter in your head

I’ll never be her so don’t waste hope

I know I didn't make you proud

I needed to be myself instead

But I never figured out how

Fuck you mom and dad

I know you messed up bad

You should've, should've done, should've done better

Fuck you mom and dad

For all the time you had

To get your life, to get your life together

Fuck you mom and dad

I know you messed up bad

You should've, should've done, should've done better

Fuck you mum and dad

For all the time you had

To get your life, to get your life together

But you didn't

Sincerely your daughter.

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Written cover of "To My Parents" By Anna Clendening.