Chappell Roan’s ‘The Giver’ Lyrics Are a Flirty Invitation

On Saturday, Nov. 3, Chappell Roan gave an electric rendition of her hit song “Pink Pony Club” on Saturday Night Live before debuting a brand new country club song.

The new track, titled “The Giver,” continues to address some of Roan’s favorite themes: girls loving girls. She took to the stage with her all-female band wearing a denim and gingham print top and shorts with cowboy boots, as well as her signature drag-inspired makeup look. Her red wig for the night was threaded with a silver curl, conjuring visions of country star Bonnie Raitt.

It’s no surprise that Roan would share something special on the comedy sketch show. Ahead of her appearance, she shared a screenshot of an old post she made under her former stage name in which she swore to perform on Saturday Night Live.

In the song’s refrain, Roan sings, “I get the job done,” and it’s not a mystery what job she’s singing about.

“All you country boys saying you know how to threat a woman right,” Roan said playfully during the musical number. “Well, only a woman knows how to treat a woman right. She gets the job done.”

In the lyrics from the new song’s verses, Roan references hunting lodges, dive bars, and country boys who don’t know what they’re doing, presumably in the bedroom. But she sure does. Here are the full lyrics:

Verse One
Ain’t got antlers on the walls
But I sure know mating calls
The stalls in the bars on a Friday night
I know the boys may need a map
But I can close my eyes
And have you wrapped around my fingers like that

Pre-Chorus
So baby
When you need the job done
Call me “Baby”

Chorus
‘Cause you ain’t got to tell me
It’s just in my nature
So take it like a taker, ‘cause, baby, I’m a giver
Ain’t no need to help me, ‘cause, baby, I deliver
Ain’t no country boy quitter
I get the job done
I get the job done

Verse Two
Girl, I don’t need no pickup truck
Revvin’ loud to pick you up
‘Cause how I love is how I touch
And in the strip mall, town of dreams
Good luck finding a man who has the means
To rhinestone cowgirl all night long

Pre-Chorus
So baby
If you never had one
Call me “Baby”

Chorus

‘Cause you ain’t gotta tell me
It’s just in my nature
So take it like a taker, ‘cause, baby, I’m a giver
Ain’t no need to help me, ‘cause, baby, I deliver
Ain’t no country boy quitter
I get the job done
I get the job done

Bridge

Na-na na-na na-na-na-na
Na-na na-na na-na-na-na
Na-na na-na na-na-na-na
Na-na-na (She gets the job done)
All you country boys saying you know how to treat a woman right?

Chorus
‘Cause you ain’t gotta tell me
It’s just in my nature
So take it like a taker, ‘cause, baby, I’m a giver
Ain’t no need to help me, ‘cause, baby, I deliver
Ain’t no future for a quitter
I get the job done
I get the job done

Outro

I get the job done
I get the job done
Well I get the job done
Yes ma’am, yes I do
You’re welcome

Leading up to her SNL appearance, Roan insinuated a new album is on the way. The star posted a photo of herself with the LP jacket of The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess, writing in the caption, “Album kinda popped off imo but it is time to welcome a hot new bombshell into the villa.”

In an interview with the New York Times, her producer and co-writer, Dan Nigro, described one of the new tracks they’ve been working on as a “fun, up-tempo country song” with “a fiddle,” saying it would offer “a new version of Chappell.”

Seems like she’s here and getting the job done.

Aimée Lutkin is the weekend editor at ELLE.com. Her writing has appeared in Jezebel, Glamour, Marie Claire and more. Her first book, The Lonely Hunter, will be released by Dial Press in February 2022.