(Da’s)
Better stay pretty, better stay polite
Or no nice man will make you his wife
And who wants to live, that kind of life?
You better stay pretty, better stay polite
Oh under the gun, under the gun
Of a perfect that I’ll never reach,
I’m still under the gun, always under the gun
Of a person that I’ll never be
So I kept my cool and I played by the rules
But my prince charming, never came through
So I learned to love my ugly and weird
Wish you could come to be happy for me here
Oh under the gun, under the gun
Of a perfect that I’ll never reach,
I’m still under the gun, always under the gun
Of a person that I’ll never be
(Bridge)
It’s an indistinct reality and a false eventuality
That if I am myself, I will fail
But I love my ugly, I love my crazy
I wish you could be happy for me here
under the gun, under the gun
Of a perfect that I’ll never reach,
I’m still under the gun, always under the gun
Of a person that I’ll never be
under the gun, oh under the gun
Of a perfect that I’ll never reach,
I’m still under the gun, always under the gun
Of a person that I’ll never be
(da’s)
credits
from [something clever],
released May 24, 2016
Words and music written by Hannah Zaic
Music produced and performed by Ross Bellenoit
Vocals by Hannah Zaic
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