Unwanted Child - Clara McDaniel

New York City, in a silk dress Ordered champagne, but you couldn't care less Stone-cold stare in the candlelight You didn't want to talk, but you wanted to fight There was somewhere else that you wanted to be I didn't know where, but it wasn't with me I don't know how to give you up You knew I'd never been in love You showed me what I had to lose Then hurt me when I trusted you Now I'm broken, no good to anyone With a heart that you left haunted It's bad enough to be unloved But it's worse to be unwanted Sea foam eyes, said the water was safe The devil in disguise had a poker face I believed it all, every word you said The wave in crashed in now the dream is dead There was somewhere else that you wanted to be I didn't know where, but it wasn't with me I don't know how to give you up You knew I'd never been in love You showed me what I had to lose Then hurt me when I trusted you Now I'm broken, no good to anyone With a heart that you left haunted It's bad enough to be unloved But it's worse to be unwanted I know there's somewhere else that you wanted to be I didn't know where, but it wasn't with me I don't know how to give you up You knew I'd never been in love You showed me what I had to lose Then hurt me when I trusted you Now I'm broken, no good to anyone With a heart that you left haunted It's bad enough to be unloved But it's worse to be unwanted

I should be at home, I should be alone Instead of convincing somebody that I'm gonna call When the morning comes I should settle down, make my mama proud Said she's been wanting grand babies, I've just been practicing how What? If you wanna dance with me, I'll spin you right around Hand on your hip and dip you down, down, down Baby, don't ya fall for me, I'll tell you right now You're gonna hate me when we hit the ground Baby, I'm a project, loving me's a mistake Find another prospect, save yourself the heartbreak Think you're gonna fix me, think we're making progress You'll be broken with me somewhere in the process Baby, I'm a project You should leave me now, take an easy out If you need persuading, then baby, just ask around It's a little town You should think again, listen to your friends I got more to work on than I would like to admit Yeah If you wanna dance with me, I'll spin you right around Hand on your hip and dip you down, down, down Baby, don't ya fall for me, I'll tell you right now You're gonna hate me when we hit the ground Baby, I'm a project, loving me's a mistake Find another prospect, save yourself the heartbreak Think you're gonna fix me, think we're making progress You'll be broken with me somewhere in the process Baby, I'm a project Now stop, take a look at yourself Put that fairy tale bullshit back on the shelf I know you like guys that you think you can help But I ain't gonna be a notch on your little tool belt If you're looking for love, you ain't looking for me If you're lookin' for a good time, hold my drink We can finish this song, let me find my keys Go home, get to working on this project Loving me's a mistake Find another prospect, save yourself the heartbreak Think you're gonna fix me, think we're making progress You'll be broken with me somewhere in the process Baby, I'm a project

She's impressed by the little things that I do But when I say that I'll stay, she don't think it's true She doesn't know what she has to offer Underneath her broken heart armor Still scared to love, and that's thanks to you The way she talks, I can tell that she's been though it She looks and love like she's being introduced to it The first man to hold her heart put a bruise to it Yeah So this is for the guy who loved her before me And every lie that you let her believe How could you run from somebody like her? And break her down 'til she don't know what she's worth 'Cause she's smart, she's pretty, she's funny Man, it's a pity When you sober up, maybe you should call her Signed, the man who loves your daughter She pulls away when things start going rot 'Cause falling harder matters at the first goodbye But I'm patient while she learns to trust However long it takes because That time she knows she's good enough She's good enough So this is for the guy who loved her before me And every lie that you let her believe How could you run from somebody like her? And break her down 'til she don't know what she's worth 'Cause she's smart, she's pretty, she's funny Man, it's a pity When you sober up, maybe you should call her Signed, the man who loves your daughter You don't have to try and fix it all Just let her know it's not her fault Just let her know it's not her fault You know it's not her fault, no So this is for the guy who loved her before me And every lie that you let her believe No, you can't change what's been done But you'll be proud of who she's become 'Cause she's sensitive, she's tough Yeah, she's always been more than enough I see everything you didn't wanna see I'm gonna show her not everybody leaves And don't call 'til you wanna be her father Signed, the man who loves your daughter