Dozen Red Flags

He deletes all his texts, still talks to his ex Flirts with my friends, his dad pays his rent He don't like my dog, he cheers for the Vols Still watches film from high school football But, man, he was cute and, damn, he was funny My brother thought he was the man If violets are blue, then I'm such a dummy To think he'd have roses in hand I would've settled for tulips or daisies I ain't picking petals 'cause all that he gave me was reasons for running And a couple dozen red flags So many, I could've made a bouquet Tied up a ribbon out of caution tape One for the tears, one for the lies One for the thorn in my side Man, he was cute, damn, he was funny My brother thought he was the man If violets are blue, then I'm such a dummy To think he'd have roses in hand I would've settled for tulips or daisies I ain't picking petals 'cause all that he gave me was reasons for running And a couple dozen red flags So he shows up and he's literally half drunk And I look down and all that he brought Was a six-pack and I can't believe that I ever thought, huh That he was cute, that he was funny My brother thought he was the man If violets are blue, then I'm such a dummy To think he'd have roses in hand I would've settled for tulips or daisies I ain't picking petals 'cause all that he gave me was reasons for running And a couple dozen red flags All these reasons for running And a couple dozen red flags