Worth The Whoopin

Yeah. Yeah. I saw you sitting on that front porch swing Cut off shorts and a sun-kissed grin Daddy on the rail with a don't you dare stare Bible on his knee like a loaded prayer I knew better than to pull and slow So I killed my lights by the mile down the road You texted, come on, I said, girl, you're cruel Proud of all the things I do But I do them twice Just to stand by you Worth the grounding, worthy daddy in the yard still shouting Words sliding across the hood of that old Chevy truck Gravel flying while we push our love words missing church Cause I drove all night begging the Lord don't wrap me out tonight If loving you's wrong I'm still showing up Hands in the air like yeah Every bruise, every bustin' knuckle girl You're worth the whooping We'd meet down back by the county line Where the pines, high trucks, and the stars still shine Radio low, your feet on the dash Stealing little kisses like we're stealing gas You laugh, boy, we're gonna both see hell I'm sittin' out if your mama don't kiss and tell Next thing I know, there's headlights bright Your brother's F-150 rolling up tight You kicked off them boots I dropped it in gear to fools like Then, worth your cousins on the four-wheeled sky, hmm Word sliding across the hood like a Duke Boy Stunt, tires throwing dirt While we make that run worth lying I was fishing to my own mama's face With your lip gloss still on my pillowcase If loving you's trouble, I'll drink from that cup Hand on the good look like, yeah You're worth a whooping Every lecture, every slam's green door Girl, you're worth a whooping One day your dad's gonna walk you down that I'll shake my hand with a nervous smile Preach or say, son, you ready for this? I'll just grin and steal another kiss We'll tell our kids about the midnight runs How their mama made a fool of this country son And when they asked daddy, was it bad, what you done? I'll wink and say, boy, that's how we got you hung With a wolf in worth of grounding Worth every rumor this town's still shouting Worth sliding across the hood of that old Chevy truck gravel in my teeth But I don't give a shucks worth every sum We need to talk out back every boy If you touch my girl heart attack Every risk, every while for us Yeah, I'd do it all again Cause you're worth the whooping And then some