I have a love/hate relationship with Meghan Trainor's "Dear Future Husband." It's extremely catchy and fun to sing, yet it does not send the best message, and doesn't really reflect what I know I want in a relationship or marriage further down the road.
My friend, Jennifer Lewis, and I spent some time looking over Meghan Trainor's lyrics and we made our own version of the song. Please enjoy! (Also, we made a recording of our version of the song so you can listen as you read along, or just watch the video, because we had a ton of fun making it!!) (Also, SO SO SO much credit to Jen for EVERYTHING! She is such a wonderful human being who is very talented in guitar and video editing, MUCH more so than I am!)
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Dear Future Husband: As Revised and Performed by Kara Barkman and Jennifer Lewis
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
We both deserve a break
But know we each can live our individuality
‘Cause if we have respect
I know we’ll never get
Treated awfully
Truh-treated awfully
You got a job to do
But, baby, I do too
So don't be thinking I'll be home and making noodle soup
I may have learned to cook
But you can take a look
And bake along with me
Or make some food with me (Hey)
You gotta know how to treat me well, honey
Even when I'm acting funny
Know we all have those times
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 laugh and go adventurin’
We’ve gotta learn to trust each other all the time
After every fight
Just apologize
And maybe we can go try to find a compromise
Even when I’m wrong
We’ll just sing this song
That’s all I need
That’s, that’s all I need
You gotta know how to treat me well, honey
Even when I'm acting funny
Know we all have those times
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
But I’ll understand you when you hang with all the guys
I understand you have your own identity
And please just recognize the same goes for me
Let’s live harmoniously
And then I’m sure we’ll be
Living happily
Live-living happily
You gotta know how to treat me well, honey
Even when I'm acting funny
Know we all have those times
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 laugh and go adventurin’
We’ve gotta learn to trust each other all the time
Future husband, our love will be alright
