Martina McBride sings about the frustrations of becoming the parent of '
Teenage Daughters' on the lead single from her initial album in two years. McBride co-wrote the song with the Warren Brothers, and with 3 daughters ranging from age 5 to 16, the country music icon certainly brings her own personal encounter to the track.
Singing alongside a sunny acoustic guitar melody, McBride laments that her girls are obtaining older: "My baby's growin' up / She thinks she's fallin' all in adore and that I hate her / At 17, she's just like me when I was 17 / So I do not blame her."
Though soaring vocal ballads might be her calling card, McBride adds a hint of rock and roll raspiness to her delivery as the mid-tempo song builds to a climax that even functions an electric guitar solo.
McBride ends by repeating the first verse, leaving the listener with the tongue-in-cheek statement: "I ain't complaining, but I'm tired / So I'm just saying what I think / And if we're becoming honest and honestly / I believe I require a drink."
'
Teenage Daughters' is 1 of eight songs McBride co-wrote for her eleventh studio album, which still does not have a title or confirmed release date. The singer announced today via Twitter that she will perform the song at the ACM Awards on April 3.
Martina McBride – Teenage Daughters Video
Martina McBride Teenage Daughters LyricsI ain’t complainin’
But I’m tired, so I’m just sayin’
What I think
And if we’re being honest
Than honestly I think I need a drink
My baby’s growin’ up
She think’s she’s fallin’ all in love
And that I hate her
At seventeen, she’s just like me when I was seventeen
So I don’t blame her
[Bridge]
Do do do do
Do do do do
What are we gonna do?
Do do do do
Do do do do
What are we gonna do about it?
[Chorus]
Remember when we use to be
Everything they ever need
We had them believing we were cool
It’s like it happened over night
We’re always wrong, their always right
We use to be the one’s breakin’ the rules
Now we’re just mothers, we’re just fathers of
Teenage Daughters
She rolls her eye’s when I’m funny
But she’s sweet when she wants money and her freedom
Oh my god, she’s got a car
Swears they wont go far
And I wish I believed ‘em
[Bridge]
[Chorus]
Their beautiful, wild and free
Everything we wish we could be
But their still crazy
Oh you know, the make us crazy
[Chorus]
Yeah Teenage Daughters
I ain’t complainin’
But I’m just tired, so I’m sayin’
What I think
If we’re being honest
Than honestly, I think I need a drink
