Lyrics:

She thinks life is fair and
God hears every prayer
And everyone gets their ever after
She thinks that love is love
And if you work hard, that's enough
Skin's just skin and it doesn't matter
And that her friend's older brother's
Gonna keep his hands to himself
And that somebody's gon' believe her when she tells
But what are you gonna tell her when she's wrong?
Will you just shrug and say it's been that way all along?
What are you gonna tell her when she figures out
That all this time you've built her up
Just so the world could let her down?
Yeah what will you tell her?
What are you gonna tell her?
Do you just let her pretend
That she could be the president?
Would it help us get there any faster?
Do you let her think the deck's not stacked
And gay or straight, or white or black
You just dream and anything can happen?
What are you gonna tell her when she's wrong?
Will you just shrug and say it's been that way all along?
What are you gonna tell her when she figures out
That all this time you've built her up
Just so the world could let her down?
Yeah what will you tell her? Hmm
What are you gonna tell her?
Do you tell her not to fight?
Is it worth the sacrifice?
Can you look her in the face
And promise her that things will change?
What are you gonna tell her? Maybe you can't
'Cause there ain't a way
You can't explain what you don't understand
What the hell do you tell her?
What the hell do you tell her? Oh
What are you gonna tell her?
What are you gonna tell her?
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