Girl I Mean to Be

One day I'll find the words and they'll be simple Till then I'll just smile, in the knowledge that I'm waiting One day I'll grow up, not such a baby And then I won't cry out when things are frustrating I won't be like my mother She's scared most of the time Highways make her nervous And she'll never fly I won't be like my father He likes the bottle more than he likes me He thinks the world is mostly bad I'd rather be happy I'll make my bed I'll walk to work I won't so easily get hurt Oh, and be the girl i mean to be I'll have good friends And men with ties Who aren't afraid to stay the night Oh, and I'll be the girl I mean to be Daughters will point me out in the street Say to their mamas look how she sways Why can't I look more like her now I say that don't go away There's always someone with it figured out Or so that's what we like to think Really the world is full of women Who hide under coats of pink We make our beds We walk to work We wipe our tears when we get hurt We try to be the girl we mean to be We have good friends And men with ties Who aren't afraid to stay the night We try to be the girl we mean to be And we become like our mothers We're scared most of the time All of the parties make us nervous So we've gotta draw a line We marry men like our fathers They may love us if we find the one But don't think that they don't struggle It's hard finding time for fun