Don't Tell Daddy

I love my job as a wife and a mother

But he leans one way and I lean the other

He's always politickin' over supper

And I choose my words, and I pass the butter

But one way or another

I'm going to the polls, children in tow

Pull the curtain closed and cast my votes

But don't tell Daddy

Don't tell Daddy

Don't tell Daddy

Don't tell Daddy

'Cause 1920 don't mean a thing without my right to let freedom ring

But don't tell Daddy

Oh, no, don't tell Daddy

Don't tell Daddy

So what if I hit a different button

And have a mind independent of my husband?

I told my little girl she didn't see nothing

Except a woman who really believes in something

When I took her hand and we took off running

Straight to the polls, children in tow

Pull the curtain closed and cast my votes

But don't tell Daddy

Don't tell Daddy

Don't tell Daddy

'Cause 1920 don't mean a thing without my right to let freedom ring

But don't tell Daddy

Don't tell Daddy

Don't tell Daddy

Don't tell Daddy

I'm sure there's a man who could understand my view

But he ain't mine, so I had to find

The one thing I can do

As soon as he's gone, I put their shoes on

Straight to the polls, children in tow

Pull the curtain closed and cast my votes

But don't tell Daddy

Don't tell Daddy

Oh, no, don't tell Daddy

Don't tell Daddy

'Cause 1920 don't mean a thing

Oh, without my right to let freedom ring, yeah

Don't tell Daddy

Don't tell Daddy

Don't tell Daddy

Don't tell Daddy

Oh, no, don't tell Daddy

Don't tell Daddy

Don't you dare tell Daddy