“Old Wives’ Tale” Lyrics

I got a man, not a boy

When I said I needed joy, he said, “You better go and find some"

I’m so proud of you for doing what you’re meant to,

I know you’re really gonna be someone”

Hey

Made you go months without sex but still say you got no regrets

I need the girls of the world to hear this one

Sometimes it doesn’t work and when you’re feeling like the worst

He’ll say, “You gave us your all, that’s all I can want”

Your patience was a presence from the start

You’ll always have a place in my heart

I can be the wind in your sail

Go where they’re calling you homeward bound

Writing up an old wives’ tale

25 and hurting so we pulled back the curtains and found

I made the right step every step of the way

If you keep the love, your love will keep you safe

Like an old wives’ tale

Learn it like collegiate: 

Good men love you on your way out

Hey

And I know I haven’t married but I don’t find love so scary 

When I go for the men I know I can count on

Treated me with respect, I know now he sends his best

Always been me and him versus our problems

You knew all the science behind my art. 

You’ll always have a place in my heart.

I can be the wind in your sail

Go where they’re calling you homeward bound

Writing up an old wives’ tale

25 and hurting so we pulled back the curtains and found

I made the right step every step of the way

If you keep the love, your love will keep you safe

Like an old wives’ tale

Learn it like collegiate: 

Good men love you on your way out

Hey

You know I’ll be the wind in your sail

Go where they’re calling you homeward bound

Writing up an old wives’ tale

25 and hurting, boy when we were certain we’d found

The other half that the world couldn’t break

Good thing we kept the love because it kept us safe

Like an old wive’s tale

Telling all these women:

Good men love you on your way out

Don’t you forget it

I don’t regret it

We had to end it

But you loved me on my way out