To The Guys That Date My Girls - Commentary

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