Knowing I'll leave, keeps me hanging on

You're suffocating me, get off, I can't breathe
The only thing that keeps me hanging on is knowing one day I'll leave

I'm not sure what he has done to you
Why you look at him like he's filth and not good enough
He was raised a clean boy... a gentlemen
And you stare at him like he has tattoos and piercings... too rough

But he's 16-yrs-old and sweet
Opens the car doors when we go out
Calls me his princess and wants to give me the world
Finds that right thing to say when he sees or hears me pout

But the comments you make are so disgraceful
I have that man you been praying for me to get for years
Now he's come to me and you are so wrapped up
On the way society has made teenage boys appear

Does it cross your mind that there a few good parents
Who tend to raise their children the right way
He respects my purity decisions and has the same
He was taught to believe and taught to pray

You seem like you don't want us together
Like you'll do anything to make us stay friends
And I'm looking at you with a serious face
When is your parentally attachment going to end?

I'll always be your little girl
But if you could let me go a little, give me some slack
I want to date and experience it all
And I'm very sick of you trying to hold me back

Yeah we have differences that come in bunches
And yes our family is far from the same
But you're the parent and should be happy for me
Yet you're playing this childish game

Of holding me so tight I want to scream
Its holding me so close I can't wait to be free
To move out and have a life with him
And finally act like me

I'm not a shy and quiet girl mama
I will hold his hand, hug him, and perhaps kiss
It's part of finding that fairytale love
So I hope you take in all of this

Your doubt, your negativity, your words
Are making me want to get away from you
And if it hurts your feelings I'm so sorry
But your pushing me far into the deep blue

I want to be with my handsome prince
He makes me smile every day of my life
And even if you can't stand it
I dream of the day he asks I be his wife

You're suffocating me, get off, I can't breathe
The only thing that keeps me hanging on is knowing one day I'll leave