Man, I know people who have lost a loved one
And that one is probably gonna hit him right in the heart
But that's the beauty of Thomas Rhett and his songwriting
He touches people in very personal and relatable ways
And I'll never forget the first time I saw a Youtube video
Of you performing this song on stage
You had just written it recently
And you thought you'd try it out kind of acoustically
People went nuts
Because not only do so many people love you and your family
So, they knew that this was the song
About your sweet precious daughters
But I think a lot of people can relate to this song
So tell everybody about "To the guys who date my girls"
"Guys who date my girls"
Is a song that I wrote in Alabama on The VHS Tour last year
And it was me and my dad and Josh Tomson and Wilbandy
And uhm, I'd had this conversation with a friend of mine
And he was talking about, "Man, what are you gonna say to the guys"
"That walk up to your doorstep for the first time"
"And are asking your daughter out on the date, or whatever"
"Like are they going to come to the door?"
"Or are they going to stay in the driveway and honk?"
'Cause if they stay in the driveway and honk
There is no way that I'm lettin' any of my kids
To go out there and go on date with that person, uhm
So it kind of sparked this conversation of like
If I could write a letter to the guys that are gonna
One day wanna date my girls or
You know, hang out of our house
Or just kind of be within our family group
Like, what would I say to 'em?
I'm I gonna be like the hard dad
That is like, "What are your intentions with my daughter?"
Or am I gonna like befriend kid or am I gonna
You know, what am I gonna do?
And it just kind of turned into this list of things
That I wanted guys 16, 17 years old to know
When they're gonna, come pick up my kids for the first time
To take 'em on the date
I remember we wrote that song in Alabama
And the same night on this stage
I played that song for this crowd
And it was like the first time I'd seen
Like big barley men like crying
Like babies
'Cause, and they started just grabbing their daughters and just
You know, I'm sure they were just like, "I love you"
You know, all of that stuff
And it's one of those ones that I think
That so many people can resonate with
Whether you have girls or not?
I think that the whole concept of like
Watching your kids grow up
It's somewhat of a bitter-sweet thing
So that really is just a conversation to
The guys that'd one day date my daughters