Without Your Permission

Verse 1]

You used to hate my ripped-up jeans

Said my friends were “bad for me”

Rolled your eyes at every laugh

Like fun was something we couldn’t have

Had me shrinking just to fit

Second-guessing every bit

Now your side of the bed’s ice cold

And honestly? I’ve never felt this gold

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Now my phone ain’t blowing up

“Where you at?” “Who’s that?” “That enough?”

I can finally breathe at night

Neon freedom looks damn right

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So here’s my goodbye with a drink raised high

I’m dancing on the ashes of your control tonight

I can wear what I want, stay out till three

No more asking permission just to be me

Got my girls in the back singing “fuck that dude”

Whole damn city vibing to my attitude

You said nobody else would put up with me

Funny, the whole bar’s buying shots for free

So cheers to the heartbreak, cheers to the pain

Turns out losing you was my champagne rain

Yeah, this breakup hurt

But baby, so did you

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Remember how you’d start a fight

If I looked “too good” on a Friday night?

Now I’m glitter boots and red lipstick stains

Singing loud with my last name

You called me crazy, called me wild

Now strangers love the way I smile

Ain’t it funny how life works out?

You locked the cage, I figured out the route

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No more crying in bathroom stalls

No more waiting on your calls

My friends say I came back to life

The second I became ex-wife

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So here’s my goodbye with a drink raised high

I’m dancing on the ashes of your control tonight

I can wear what I want, stay out till three

No more asking permission just to be me

Got my girls in the back singing “fuck that dude”

Whole damn city vibing to my attitude

You said nobody else would put up with me

Funny, the whole bar’s buying shots for free

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DJ turn it louder, let the windows shake

I spent too many years being scared to take up space

Now it’s bass drops, cowboy boots, tattoos in the light

And every damn thing you hated looks good tonight

My friends screaming:

“TO FREEDOM!”

Shots up to the ceiling

No more walking on eggshells

No more fake feelings

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So here’s my goodbye, no tears this time

You lost a wildfire trying to draw a straight line

I’m out here laughing, finally free

Turns out the problem wasn’t me

Yeah, I’ll wear what I want

And I’ll kiss who I please

And I’ll dance with my friends

Till I fall to my knees

You wanted a girl who stayed in place

But I was born to run wild anyway