Ugly

Couldn’t have been

But a hundred pounds

Soaking wet

All stressed out

And worried

Podunck Missouri

I don’t know how

Or why

Or when

Her daddy left

But he drove off

In a fury

She grew up in a hurry

Now skinny jeans

And Maybelline

Make pretty girls

Do crazy things

Teenage tears

And bathroom mirrors

Will stick with you

Throughout your years

Trust me

It’s all so ugly

Picket fence

Two car garage

A man

She don’t love

But he makes six figures

She thought he’d fix her

That iron gate

Feels more and more

Like an old bird cage

Than a way to keep out the danger

So she takes to liquor

All the champagne brunches

And upper class shine

Can’t keep a woman satisfied

Swimming pools and bows and braids

And the baby thinks mama’s the live in maid

If you ask me

I think it’s ugly

So give me a rusty old grain silo

Give me good food that sticks to my bones

Thank you for that good good man that loves me

With dirt on my hands

And scrapes on my knees

The feeling at night when I wash it all clean

I’m telling you girls it’s a beautiful thing

Trust me

It’s far from Ugly

18 wheels

And an open road

I sing my songs

All across the country

Because these people trust me

So give me a rusty old grain silo

Give me good food that sticks to my bones

Thank you for that good good man that loves me

He loves me with dirt on my hands

And scrapes on my knees

The feeling at night when I wash it all clean

I’m telling you girls its a beautiful thing

Trust me

It’s so far from Ugly