Starched white dress in a pew on the front row
Daddy puts a dollar in the offering plate
Sat beside him every week at the service
Learned every verse and I sang 'em loud
Wore the cross 'round my neck
Bible on my bed
And he smiled down at me with his hand on my head
I was Sunday's daughter
The pride of my father
And I did everything right
But something didn't sit right
There's a corner in the yard where the fence posts
Wore his belt out as he went through the gate
Stood behind him every week with my arms crossed
Watchin' the lawn as he mowed it down
Turned the clover into rows
Kept the dandelions dead
And he looked back at me with his hand on my head
I was Sunday's daughter
The pride of my father
And I did everything right
But something didn't sit right
He had me wrapped around his finger
Had my mama wrapped up in his arms
But when he said
I love you
Baby
It felt more like a claim than a fact
And I can't ever shake that
I was Sunday's daughter
The pride of my father
And I did everything right
But something didn't sit right
Sunday's daughter
The pride of my father
And I did everything right
But something didn't sit right
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Sunday's Daughter
This is where it starts. Starched white dress, front pew, daddy's pride. And the thing I couldn't name yet — how a blessing and a claim can be the same hand on your head. Something didn't sit right. Took me twenty years to find out what.