youngestchild

i drive like my father

i should cause he taught me

but just with a little more nerves

you see i crashed my car

in the middle of high school

and never recovered

from the swerve

and i was the last thing

my mother ever had

and the last thing they would have together

so put it on the youngest child

born right after december

and when i got older

i moved like i should've

we talked whenever we could

oh but i tried to grow up

without people watching

and forgot people grow

when they're old

and i met a man

with a life of his own

with a dog, a cigar,

and religion

who still loves the youngest child

and all the decisions

that made him mad

that made him doubt

any chance he gave her

to make it out

i drive like my father

i should cause he taught me

but some things i'll never quite learn

like how to open wine right

or change my oil

or stop being a little girl