Good Intentions

I won't wear a white gown

Or parade down the aisle

I won’t raise your unborn grandchild

Am I not the daughter, you planned on

Back when all you were good intentions

I won't live behind a white picket fence and a tree line

I won't waste my life trying to keep a man satisfied

Am I not the daughter you had planned on

Back when all you had were good intentions

Mama does your wedding dress wait in the closet

Mama does my bassinet gather dust in the attic

Like the dreams you built around me

The milestones you thought I’d reach

But mama all your dreams are antiques

I vow to travel the world and see all its sights

I vow to fall in love with a different city every night

But when I write home I get no reply

Are you terrified, I didn't grow up just to die

Am I not the daughter you planned on

Your child, oh she's grown now and she's gone

Am I not the daughter you planned on

Back when all you had

Was just a girl you loved bad

Back when all you had were good intentions