Tammy Wynette – Kids Say the Darndest Things, is a song written by Billy Sherrill and Glenn Sutton, and recorded by American country music artist Tammy Wynette. The song was released in March 1973 as the only single from her album of the same name. It was Wynette’s thirteenth number one on the U.S. country singles chart, staying at number one for a single week and spending a total of thirteen weeks on the chart.
In the song, the narrator reveals her marital problems, by way of innocent comments her small children repeat, which they’d overheard their parents make (“My four-year old said ‘I want a divorce’, now where did she hear that”).
Tammy Wynette – Kids Say the Darndest Things
From the album Kids Say the Darndest Things
B-side “I Wish I Had a Mommy Like You”
Released March 1973
Genre Country
Label Epic
Songwriter(s) Billy Sherrill Glenn Sutton
Producer(s) Billy Sherrill
COUNTRYPEDIA
Tammy Wynette – Kids Say the Darndest Things Lyrics
[Chorus]
Kids say the darndest things
Have you ever listened close to the games they play
Or the little songs they sing?
[Verse 1]
Last night, dressed up in high-heel shoes
And wearing my old hat
My four-year-old said, “I want a divorce”
Now where did she hear that?
[Chorus]
Kids say the darndest things
Have you ever listened close to the games they play
Or the little songs they sing?
[Verse 2]
Last night, as I watched TV
One rushed through the door
“Mommy, Daddy’s telling someone on the phone
‘Don’t you call me here no more'”
[Chorus]
Kids say the darndest things
Have you ever listened close to the games they play
Or the little songs they sing?
[Verse 3]
Bet my daddy can whip your daddy
But Daddy’s never home
And I think Mommy’s worried ’bout him
‘Cause she cried all night long
[Chorus]
Kids say the darndest things
Have you ever listened close to the games they play
Or the little songs they sing?
[Verse 4]
You never know what they learn at school
Or what they’re thinking of
My first grader just said a four-letter word
And it sure wasn’t love
[Chorus]
Kids say the darndest things
Have you ever listened close to the games they play
Or the little songs they sing?
Kids say the darndest things
GENIUS
