[Verse 1]
She don’t want no picket fences
She don’t want no matching dishes
She wants a front seat view
And a train that never finishes
She keeps her boots by the door
Keeps her letters in a drawer
Says, “Baby, don’t paint me beige”
I was born to want more
[Pre-Chorus]
She laughs when I call it home
Says home can’t hold my bones
If the grass gets trimmed too neat
She’ll be gone before the dawn
[Chorus]
She don’t want no picket fences
She don’t want no matching dishes
She don’t want no quiet promises
She wants a life that twists and flinches
(keep it moving)
She don’t want no picket fences
She wants the edge, not the sentence
[Verse 2]
She likes the rain on a torn-up roof
The diner booth with a cracked-up view
She kisses like she changed her mind
Then she’s already halfway through
I tried to build her a little peace
But she’d rather chase the loose-degree
Says, “Love me like a back road sign
Bent, bright, and hard to read”
[Pre-Chorus]
She laughs when I call it home
Says home can’t hold my bones
If the grass gets trimmed too neat
She’ll be gone before the dawn
[Chorus]
She don’t want no picket fences
She don’t want no matching dishes
She don’t want no quiet promises
She wants a life that twists and flinches
(keep it moving)
She don’t want no picket fences
She wants the edge, not the sentence
[Bridge]
So I stopped trying to frame the sky
Stopped asking for a reason why
She came alive in the open road
And I came alive letting go
Maybe that’s the trick we missed
Love is not a checklist
It’s a hand held loose in the wind
Till the whole thing sings again
[Final Chorus]
She don’t want no picket fences
She don’t want no matching dishes
She don’t want no quiet promises
She wants a life that twists and flinches
(keep it moving)
She don’t want no picket fences
She wants the edge, not the sentence
(oh, she wants the edge)
(oh, not the sentence)