Girl You're Taking Home

Album: Still Hungover (2024)
Charted: 92
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  • I got the whiskey
    She gets the good year bottle of wine
    I got the neon
    She gets the back porch strung-up lights
    I got the white lies, she gets the truth
    She gets the version I wanted of you

    If I was good enough to be your last call
    Why is she the one you call your mama about?
    After seein' all the BS I saw
    Why is she the one who sees your best side now?
    If I'm the first thing on your mind
    The second she lets go
    Then why ain't I the girl you're taking home?

    I saw the pictures
    And she gets to cross that county line
    I bet she's riding shotgun
    In your dad's old '85
    Bet she met your grandma, you took her to church
    She gets cleaned up and I got the dirt
    And it hurts 'cause

    If I was good enough to be your last call
    Why is she the one you call your mama about?
    After seein' all the BS I saw
    Why is she the one who sees your best side now?
    If I'm first thing on your mind
    The second she lets go
    Then why ain't I the girl you're taking home?

    Yeah, take her home
    Where you grew up
    Baby, why ain't I the one you love?

    If I was good enough to be your last call
    Why is she the one you call your mama about?
    After seein' all the BS I saw
    Why is she the one who sees your best side now?
    If I'm first thing on your mind
    The second she lets go
    Then why ain't I the girl you're taking home?

    Then why ain't I the girl you're taking home?
    Then why ain't I the girl you're taking home? Writer/s: Ella Langley, Jon Nite, Joybeth Taylor, Zachary Kale
    Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

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