Butterfly Tattoo

She said my daddy’s gonna kill me if my momma doesn’t first
How much does it cost, how bad’s it gonna hurt
Her friend said fifty dollars, trust me, you won’t feel a thing
So she held her breath and they drew her wings
She got a butterfly tattoo
Now the whole world
Can finally see she’s not a little girl
Nothin' says I’m eighteen and breakin' loose
Like a rainbow colored butterfly tattoo
First thing she did was call her sister, said I didn’t chicken out
Twenty minutes later, word had spread all over town
From the court house to the car wash, beauty shop and diner too
The preacher called her Daddy but he already knew
She got a butterfly tattoo
Now the whole world
Can finally see she’s not a little girl
Nothin' says I’m eighteen and breakin' loose
Like a rainbow colored butterfly tattoo
When she pulled in the drive they were waitin' on the porch
Her daddy cracked a grin, he couldn’t hold back anymore
Momma said I think it’s cool and I’ve always wanted one
So that Saturday, just for fun
She got a butterfly tattoo, a butterfly tattoo
Nothing says I’m forty-five, and feel twenty-two
Like a rainbow colored butterfly tattoo
Nothin' says I’m eighteen and breakin' loose
Like a rainbow colored butterfly tattoo
Tattoo, tattoo