Girl You Can't Keep In

"Label Maker"

Verse 1

Monday I'm a sweetheart, Tuesday I'm a storm

Wednesday I'm in sweatpants, Thursday I'm in uniform

You keep a little notebook, trying to figure me out

But the pages keep on changing, there's no way to pin me down

Pre-chorus

You say pick one, pick one, make it easy for me

I say that's a funny request from someone who can't see

Chorus

So go ahead and stick your labels on, I'll peel them off by noon

I'm a little bit of thunder and a little bit of tune

Call me too much, call me not enough, I'll take it with a grin

Cause the girl you're trying to figure out is the girl you can't keep in

Verse 2

I was loud in the kitchen, I was quiet in the car

Cried at a commercial, then I shook the whole bar

You wanted something simple, a poster on the wall

But I'm a messy kind of masterpiece, and I'm not hanging there at all

Bridge (drop to just bass and drums, then horns crash back in)

Hey, hey, you can't file me away

Hey, hey, I'm different every day

Skank it out, skank it out

That's what it's all about

Final chorus (key change up)

So go ahead and stick your labels on, I'll peel them off by noon

I'm a little bit of thunder and a little bit of tune

Call me whatever, I already know my name

And I'll be loud and I'll be soft, and I'll never be the same

If you'd like, I can change the tone (angrier, funnier, more "Don't Speak" vulnerable), add a spoken-word section, or write a second song with a different angle.