MUSIC FOR SALE

[Verse 1]

Mama wore Sunday dresses with a flask in her purse
Spoke in Bible verses but her prayers came with a curse
Said she saved me from the gutter, gave me her last name
But every scar she left on me, still burns like propane

[Verse 2]

Raised me like a trophy, not a child
Taught me how to smile without ever using my voice
Lipstick on a bruised truth, mirror cracked with pride
Said love was control, and freedom was a lie

[Chorus]

I'm the daughter of a sinner, dressed up in grace
Taught to fake a halo with a devil’s face
A rebel in lace, baptized in smoke
I learned how to bend before I broke

Yeah, I’m tough like leather, wild as the weather

Still tryin’ to outrun the tether
She may’ve raised me, but she can’t claim me
I’m the daughter of a sinner, but sin didn’t make me

[Verse 3]

She said, "Girl, you'll never make it without my name"
But I found my voice howlin’ through the pouring rain
Broke free from her chains made of shame and fear
Now I drive with the windows down, and I don’t look in the rear

[Chorus]

I’m the daughter of a sinner, born from a lie
She built me a cage with a lullaby
Painted me pretty with rules and guilt
But I tore it down brick by brick
Yeah, I’m fire in leather, storm-chasin’ tether
Truth in the echo of never
She tried to break me, tried to reshape me
I’m the daughter of a sinner, but sin didn’t take me

[Bridge]

She called it love, but it was power
Played a saint, but soured the flower
Now I walk with a flame in my chest
Not to burn — just to light what’s left

[Breakdown / Stripped Chorus]

I’m the daughter of a sinner, voice full of smoke
Risen from ashes she never spoke
She carved her name into my skin
But I wear it like armor, not a sin

[Final Chorus]

I’m the daughter of a sinner, but I chose my fight
Built my own heaven in the dead of night
I’ve cried and I’ve clawed my way to this place
Now I look in the mirror and I love my face
Yeah, I’m soul and thunder, torn out from under
But I’ve never felt more like a wonder
She tried to own me, control me, disown me
I’m the daughter of a sinner, and she can’t make a ghost of me