[hook]
Daddy good to me
(Daddy good)
Daddy be good to you
(come on, motherfucker)
Daddy keep the lights low
Daddy keep the rent paid
Daddy make a big man crawl
when Candy say
bring me motherfuckers
(bring 'em in)
bring me sweet ones too
(bring 'em in)
bring 'em crying, bring 'em proud
bring that bad little bitch in new
Daddy got a room
that remember you

[verse 1]
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look at you, pretty thing
mad in them tired shoes
mouth all sharp
eyes all mean
like the world got hands on you
Candy know that walk
that don't-touch-me walk
that I'm-fine talk
that laugh with a razor
hid under the soft
come here, bitch
let me see you
still got spine in you
still got fire in your mouth
still got one little no
that ain't been dragged out
Daddy like that
don't make that face
I ain't selling dreams
I'm telling you, girl
this house got teeth
but teeth can guard
teeth can bite
teeth can make a bad man
act polite
them sidewalk boys?
please
all hand, no help
all want, no keep
take your name
then call you cheap
call you hoe
call you used
then come back crying
when Daddy get through
Daddy ain't them
Daddy keep silk clean
Daddy keep doors shut
Daddy know who touched you wrong
and who ain't paid up
say his name, baby
say it slow
Daddy hear good
when the lights get low

[pre-hook]
come upstairs pretty
come upstairs mean
bring that hurt you carry
where nobody seen
don't shake now
that's just the door
Daddy been waiting
for one girl more

[hook repeat]

[verse 2]
I seen men come up here
loud as sin
brim pulled low
gold tooth grin
seen 'em leave quiet
seen 'em leave clean
seen 'em say yes
like they forgot what no mean
one came laughing
one came strapped
one came calling me girl
like I belonged in his lap
Daddy took that laugh
Daddy took that hand
Daddy sent him downstairs
a much softer man
when I say protected
I mean protected
not sweet-talk protected
not maybe protected
not pray-on-it protected
I mean corrected
tap tap
that's the wall
tap tap
that's the floor
tap tap
that's Daddy asking
who you crying for
tell him, baby
don't you lie
Daddy smell hurt
through a painted smile
bring your hurt in a purse
bring your rage in a comb
bring that pretty little no
you been keeping alone
Candy know, baby
Candy been through
Daddy got a room
that remember you

[bridge]
don't ask me what he is
baby, don't ask
I like my silk clean
and my fear on somebody else's back
maybe that ain't love
maybe love don't keep
but this bitch sleep better
when the hallway breathe
Daddy gave me keys
Daddy gave me shine
one whole night
where touch had to ask me nice
you know what that worth?
you know what that cost?
I was already gone, baby
Daddy just named what was lost
but sometimes
when the lamp go low
and the mirror don't move
I hear my own voice whisper
Candy, that ain't you
then Daddy call sweet
and I forget my name
put my earrings on
and go downstairs again

[verse 3]
Ruby say, Candy
why you flinch when it knock?
I say, girl, hush
don't talk too sharp
walls got ears
in the grain
speak loud round Daddy
he gon' learn your name
she say, let him
I say, don't
she say, will he hurt me?
I say, he won't
not like they do
not cheap, not fast
Daddy don't waste
what Daddy catch
I say, bitch, you pretty
but you don't know smoke
you ain't seen a room smile
you ain't heard walls choke
Ruby came laughing
with a knife in her will
Daddy liked Ruby
saw that door glow
saw the mirror lean forward
saw the room say oh
and I got jealous
yeah, I did
felt that dead girl in me
kick her coffin lid
Candy was first
Candy was sweet
brought loud men
and laid them at his feet
now Daddy want daughters
Daddy want flame
girls who smile
with a locked-up name

[breakdown]
bring me motherfuckers
(bring 'em in)
bring me sweet ones too
(bring 'em in)
bring me the girl with the switchblade laugh
bring me the one with the church-mouse shoes
bring me the one who don't scare easy
bring me the one with nothing to lose
Daddy got gold in the wallpaper
Daddy got heat in the floor
Daddy got every no you swallowed
scratching behind that door

[breakdown 2]
Daddy good
till Daddy hungry
Daddy sweet
till Daddy choose
Daddy kiss
with the room locked
Daddy love
leave a bruise
not on your skin
not on your face
somewhere deep
where you kept your name
Daddy good
(Daddy good)
Candy smile
Candy bring
Candy knock
and the room start singing

[final hook]
Daddy good to me
(Daddy good)
Daddy be good to you
(come on, motherfucker)
Daddy keep the lights low
Daddy keep the rent paid
Daddy make a big man crawl
when Candy say
bring me motherfuckers
(bring 'em in)
bring me sweet ones too
(bring 'em in)
bring 'em crying, bring 'em proud
bring that bad little bitch in new
Daddy got a room
that remember you
come upstairs pretty
come upstairs true
bring that little no, baby
Daddy want that too
Daddy got a room
that remember you