Lyric Correction: Dear Future Husband

So one of the artists that I’m developing a love/hate relationship with is Meghan Trainor. I appreciate her empowering lyrics and dance vibe in music, however one song I came across recently really puts me out. That song is “Dear Future Husband”. The song, as it suggests, is a love letter (of sorts) to the man who will one day be her husband. The song goes on to suggest the things she expects and hopes for. What is in great detail is how he will look after her and help her be a better person. What is also clear is that there is no room for compromise; he is treated like a lesser and the only thing he could possibly be interested in is getting his end away. Even to the point that if he disagrees with her, there is no booty for him. So, I’ve re-written the song to be a bit more compromising and, for me, a bit more to my personal taste. Please enjoy.

Original Lyrics

Omitted Lyrics

Changed Lyrics

Dear Future Husband

 

Dear future husband
Here's a few things
You'll need to know if you wanna be
My one and only all my life

Take me on a date
Let’s go on a date
I deserve a break
We deserve a break
And don't forget the flowers every anniversary
And we’ll be buying flowers every anniversary
'Cause if you'll treat me right
I'll be the perfect wife
I’ll be your loving wife
Buying groceries
Buy-buying what you need

You got that 9 to 5
But, baby, so do I
And, baby, so do I
So don't be thinking I'll be home and baking apple pies
I never learned to cook
We will both have to cook
But I can write a hook
We’ll learn it from a book
Sing along with me
Sing-sing along with me (Hey)

You gotta know how to treat me like a lady
You gotta know that I’ll treat you right baby
Even when I'm acting crazy
Even when I drive ya crazy
Tell me everything's alright
You’ll know everything’s alright

Dear future husband
Here's a few things you'll need to know if you want to be
My one and only all my life
Dear future husband
If you wanna get that special lovin'
If we’re gonna have that special lovin’
Tell me I'm beautiful each and every night
We’ll make it beautiful each and every night.

After every fight
Just apologize
We’ll apologize
And maybe then I'll let you try and rock my body right
And maybe then we will try to find a compromise
Even if I was wrong
You know I'm never wrong
You know ya could be wrong
Why disagree?
We will agree
Why, why disagree?
To just disagree

You gotta know how to treat me like a lady
I wanna know that you’ll treat me right baby
Even when I'm acting crazy
Even when you drive me crazy
Tell me everything's alright
I’ll know everything’s alright

Dear future husband
Here's a few things
You'll need to know if you want to be
My one and only all my life (Hey, baby)
Dear future husband
Make time for me
Don't leave me lonely
Even just phone me
And know we'll never see your family more than mine
And first we’ll go and see your family and then mine.

I'll be sleeping on the left side of the bed (Hey)
Open doors for me and you might get some kisses
Don't have a dirty mind
We’ll have a dirty time
Just be a classy guy
And still we’ll make it fine
Buy me a ring
Forget the ring
Buy-buy me a ring, babe
We’ll be handfasting, babe

You gotta know how to treat me like a lady
You gotta know that we’ll get it right baby
Even when I'm acting crazy
Even when we’re old and crazy
Tell me everything's alright
We’ll know that we got it right.

Dear future husband
Here's a few things
You'll need to know if you want to be
My one and only all my life
Dear future husband
If you wanna get that special loving
If we’re gonna have that special lovin’
Tell me I'm beautiful each and every night
We’ll make it beautiful, each and every night
Future husband, better love me right
Future husband, we’ll get it right.