Verse 1 She didn’t sign up for this She was just a girl who fell in love It wasn’t the life she imagined But loving my daddy came with a plus one Verse 2 She looked into my brown eyes And she knew they weren't hers They belonged to another woman But that didn't stop her from loving me like her own Giving me a home, and calling me her little girl Verse 3 She put me on the bus for my first day at school And put me up on that horse and taught me how to ride We went to every Spooner rodeo And fireworks on the 4th of July She held my hand when I was little And wiped my tears when I cried Chorus She didn’t sign up for this She was just a girl who fell in love She was figuring it out along the way Trying with all her might But daddy didn’t make it easy Turning everything into a fight Verse 4 She held on for about as long as she could Trying to make life normal, like any woman would There were snowmobile rides in December Snowshoeing in the cold Pontoons and swimming in the summer And watching me grow Chorus 2 She didn’t sign up for this But I am sure glad she did It would have been easy to just say no And walk out that swinging door But she was brave, strong, and smart And loved me to the bone Bridge (Interlude) The winters and summers passed And their love started to fall apart Even with a new baby brother I could see she was gonna leave And take all the love that she had poured into me I readied my heart when I knew it was over And there was nothing I could do She got down on her knees and looked at me And said, “let me tell you the truth...” Chorus 3 (The Stepmom’s Voice) This isn’t what I signed up for I was just a girl who fell in love I did all I could do, my sweet girl So you be brave, stay strong And remember you are beautiful and smart I promise I’ll never leave you And I love you with all my heart I’m leaving here today... But I’m not leaving you. Verse 5 She kept that promise, steady and sure And it’s been forty years I’ve kept her in my heart And she kept me close to hers My eyes are still another woman's But you wouldn’t know it when she looks at me They are full of pride and full of joy And I know that she loves me My boys call her Nana And she lives deep in my heart It isn’t the life we signed up for But we were meant to be from the start Outro She was just a girl who fell in love And I was someone else's kid She didn’t have to stay She didn't have to love me... But I'm sure glad she did.