I’m sorry I’m not perfect enough

I’m sorry that I’m not your favorite daughter

I’m sorry that I strayed so far from what you thought I was

I’m sorry for making your life harder

 

I’m sorry for doing things that you hate

I’m sorry for yelling back again

I’m sorry that I can’t be what you need from me

I’m sorry for being who I am

 

But I can’t go back to what I was before

And all your prayers to god aren’t going to change a thing

No, your pushing harder just makes me need to push back more

There ain’t no point in your trying to bring me back in

 

I have my own life, my own things that I need to do

Be myself to the best that I can

And all this while I never meant or mean to hurt you

Add that to the growing list of things you’ll never understand

 

I wish that I were perfect enough

I wish that I was still your favorite baby girl

I wish that I was still on the up and up

I wish that I could take it all back, fix your world

 

I wish that I had never said a word to you

I wish I had never shown you how I really felt

I wish that I could play pretend

The way I used to again

 

But I can’t go back to what I was before

And all your prayers to god aren’t going to change a thing

No, your pushing harder just makes me need to push back more

There ain’t no point in your trying to bring me back in

 

I have my own life, my own things that I need to do

Be myself to the best that I can

And all this while I never meant or mean to hurt you

Add that to the growing list of things you’ll never understand

 

I’m sorry I can’t be the good girl you’ve always known

I’m sorry that I’m not the same person you raised so well

I wish that you could see my side of things, how hard this is for me

I wish that I had the guts to tell

 

But I can’t go back to what I was before

And all your prayers to god aren’t going to change a thing

No, your pushing harder just makes me need to push back more

There ain’t no point in your trying to bring me back in

 

I have my own life, my own things that I need to do

Be myself to the best that I can

And all this while I never meant or mean to hurt you

Add that to the growing list of things you’ll never understand

 

There are just so many things about me that you’ll never understand