"Things You Didn't Know" lyrics

You knew what you were doing when you put me on a bike
You taught me how to fish and fold my hands at night
You knew just what to say that tragic day, some dumb boy broke my heart
You knew to lean in close in silence and just let me fall apart

You did all the things
Good parents do
But I bet there's some things
You never knew

You didn't know that I was watching when you held momma tight
Slow dancing in the kitchen making up after a fight
You didn't know that I was learning real love don't let go
My favorite parts of who I am I owe
To the things you didn't know

You knew what you had started handing sweet 16 the keys
And you knew you'd wring your hands till I pulled back up the street
You knew what you were planning picking up those second shifts
From trampolines to college dreams to wide-eyed Christmas gifts

But you didn't know that I was watching when your truck pulled out the drive
Or that I noticed you came home dog tired every night
You didn't know that I was learning sometimes dreams come true real slow
My favorite parts of who I am I owe
To the things you didn't know

No one knows
What a future holds
You might've wished
And I bet you hoped

But you didn't know your favorite records you played a thousand times
Would end up in my bloodstream and make me wanna rhyme
These memories to melodies but they're in every single note
My favorite parts of who I am I owe
To things you didn't know

And I just wanted you to know