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

mm

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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