My momma & daddy brought me here when I was only 10
I got the biggest room, Momma re-painted my canopy bed
And with gold moon and stars, I was goin' far, didn't know how this would end
In Tyrone, Georgia, I was only ten.
My momma & daddy bought me my first car
It was white and bright, my get-away, gotta go far
And with only a CD player, it was going to the county fair, no matter, didn't seem to care
In Tyrone, Georgia, at the county fair
When you're young, you don't seem to know how short time can be
A few years can seem like an eternity
I didn't know, didn't seem to care, what fate had in store for me
But this small town was the world to me
My momma & daddy drove me to graduation day
It was hot as any May afternoon, and I prayed
That this was the best thing that could ever happen, hoped everyone could notice me
In Tyrone, Georgia, on my graduation day
My momma & daddy drove me to off to Athens
Dropped me off with a bank card, and plenty of rations
And five years later, in red and black, and white cap & gown
I walked the line, under the Arches, in Athens
When you're young, you don't seem to know how short time can be
A few years can seem like an eternity
I didn't know, didn't seem to care, what fate had in store for me
But this small town was the world to me
My momma & daddy called me back home
Told me to drive as fast as I can, told me it was important
I watched my daddy's dark hair fall like the star I always thought I could be
In Tyrone, Georgia, I was praying to be happy
Cancer ain't got no timeline, no space of time
No gauge of how things should be
In Tyrone, Georgia, real life came for me
When you're young, you don't seem to know how short time can be
A few years can seem like an eternity
I didn't know, didn't seem to care, what fate had in store for me
But this small town was the world to me
Yes sir, yes ma'am, this small town is the world to me
Bring me back, to the world for me.
Friday, September 21, 2012
Prince Charming
I'm lying in my bed tonight
First night without you in two weeks
Looking at old photos, year-old
Reading notes I used to write
And I was praying for you before I knew you
And I loved you before I knew your name
Funny how you meet one person and everything can change
I know you're my prince charming
When I was a baby I watched Cinderella
On repeat, and maybe I was brainwashed
Spend college going through them all looking for you
And here you are, God, I wish you were all I knew
And I was prayiing for you before I knew you
And I loved you before I knew your name
Funny how you meet one person and everything can change
I know you're my prince charming
And Taylor Swift, Romeo & Juliet, they ain't got nothin' on us
And when we met, in a random moment, we found real love
I spend every day up to you waiting for fate to find you
And you found me, yes, my prince charming
And I was praying for you before I knew you
And I loved you before I knew your name
Funny how you meet one person and everything can change
I know you're my prince charming
First night without you in two weeks
Looking at old photos, year-old
Reading notes I used to write
And I was praying for you before I knew you
And I loved you before I knew your name
Funny how you meet one person and everything can change
I know you're my prince charming
When I was a baby I watched Cinderella
On repeat, and maybe I was brainwashed
Spend college going through them all looking for you
And here you are, God, I wish you were all I knew
And I was prayiing for you before I knew you
And I loved you before I knew your name
Funny how you meet one person and everything can change
I know you're my prince charming
And Taylor Swift, Romeo & Juliet, they ain't got nothin' on us
And when we met, in a random moment, we found real love
I spend every day up to you waiting for fate to find you
And you found me, yes, my prince charming
And I was praying for you before I knew you
And I loved you before I knew your name
Funny how you meet one person and everything can change
I know you're my prince charming
Pillows
I dreamt about you last night
No idea why, I guess you just popped into my head
And all once agan, I hated you
I hid from you, I didn't even want to see your face
I still don't know why we happened
Or what happened, or what I did wrong
In my dream, you still looked the same
Blue-eyed, sitting on your bedroom floor
And in that loft, over your parents' living room
Is where I first felt your hand on my skin
Not in the kind of soft way you usually did
But instead pushing hard into it
And I still don't know what I did wrong
But be too good for you
And I still don't kjnow why I deserved it
But take care of you
And when I woke up this morning I tried to wash you out again
In my boyfriend's bed, I suffocated you in his pillows
But all the same, I don't know if you ever changed
And the bruises still haven't healed
And I remember your truck, orange and white, in my folks' driveway
Or your borrowed car, from your grandpa, doing burnouts away from me
Slamming my parents' door that last night we truly loved
As you drove, you drove so recklessly
And again, I still don't know what I did wrong
What did I do to deserve this, to deserve you?
You changed your mind, about a hundred times
And I'm moving on still
But that one dream brought you back
That one dream reminded me of how everything reminds me of you
Suffocated you in my boyfriend's pillows
Moving on from you
Still is hard to move on from you.
No idea why, I guess you just popped into my head
And all once agan, I hated you
I hid from you, I didn't even want to see your face
I still don't know why we happened
Or what happened, or what I did wrong
In my dream, you still looked the same
Blue-eyed, sitting on your bedroom floor
And in that loft, over your parents' living room
Is where I first felt your hand on my skin
Not in the kind of soft way you usually did
But instead pushing hard into it
And I still don't know what I did wrong
But be too good for you
And I still don't kjnow why I deserved it
But take care of you
And when I woke up this morning I tried to wash you out again
In my boyfriend's bed, I suffocated you in his pillows
But all the same, I don't know if you ever changed
And the bruises still haven't healed
And I remember your truck, orange and white, in my folks' driveway
Or your borrowed car, from your grandpa, doing burnouts away from me
Slamming my parents' door that last night we truly loved
As you drove, you drove so recklessly
And again, I still don't know what I did wrong
What did I do to deserve this, to deserve you?
You changed your mind, about a hundred times
And I'm moving on still
But that one dream brought you back
That one dream reminded me of how everything reminds me of you
Suffocated you in my boyfriend's pillows
Moving on from you
Still is hard to move on from you.
Georgia
Good morning Saturday Gameday
Waking up from red & black dreams
Put on my dress I bought on Broad last week
Been waiting days for it to be seen
Got a Georgia G on my cheek
And a cold cooler beer in my hand
Its raining gold and red leaves
Singing songs by Brantley Gilbert band
And it's "Go Dawgs!" and a "Hell yeah,"
And a, "Great to be Georgia Bulldog,"
And I got a camo hat and some red heels
And then you'll be between the hedges and in the stands
Post-game, it's Firehouse
It's 9Es bar and dancing on the stage
Ain't nothing changed in my college town
Just another Georgia game
Yeah, just another Georgia game
We saved up from the tip jar
The past two weeks for the Auburn game
Been buying all black like I'm Johnny Cash
Gonna live up that Stafford fame
And my roommate bought a new cooler
And my best friend came up from my hometown
And my sister's here to sleep on my couch
And we won't ever live this weekend down
And it's "Go Dawgs!" and a "Hell yeah,"
And a, "Great to be Georgia Bulldog,"
And I got a camo hat and some red heels
And then you'll be between the hedges and in the stands
Post-game, it's Firehouse
It's 9Es bar and dancing on the stage
Ain't nothing changed in my college town
Just another Georgia game
Yeah, just another Georgia game
There isn't anything better than those arches
Than knowing I could stand beneath them anytime
There is nowhere better than between those hedges
Than knowing we could win between them every game
And it's "Go Dawgs!" and a "Hell yeah,"
And a, "Great to be Georgia Bulldog,"
And I got a camo hat and some red heels
And then you'll be between the hedges and in the stands
Post-game, it's Firehouse
It's 9Es bar and dancing on the stage
Ain't nothing changed in my college town
Just another Georgia game
Yeah, just another Georgia game
Waking up from red & black dreams
Put on my dress I bought on Broad last week
Been waiting days for it to be seen
Got a Georgia G on my cheek
And a cold cooler beer in my hand
Its raining gold and red leaves
Singing songs by Brantley Gilbert band
And it's "Go Dawgs!" and a "Hell yeah,"
And a, "Great to be Georgia Bulldog,"
And I got a camo hat and some red heels
And then you'll be between the hedges and in the stands
Post-game, it's Firehouse
It's 9Es bar and dancing on the stage
Ain't nothing changed in my college town
Just another Georgia game
Yeah, just another Georgia game
We saved up from the tip jar
The past two weeks for the Auburn game
Been buying all black like I'm Johnny Cash
Gonna live up that Stafford fame
And my roommate bought a new cooler
And my best friend came up from my hometown
And my sister's here to sleep on my couch
And we won't ever live this weekend down
And it's "Go Dawgs!" and a "Hell yeah,"
And a, "Great to be Georgia Bulldog,"
And I got a camo hat and some red heels
And then you'll be between the hedges and in the stands
Post-game, it's Firehouse
It's 9Es bar and dancing on the stage
Ain't nothing changed in my college town
Just another Georgia game
Yeah, just another Georgia game
There isn't anything better than those arches
Than knowing I could stand beneath them anytime
There is nowhere better than between those hedges
Than knowing we could win between them every game
And it's "Go Dawgs!" and a "Hell yeah,"
And a, "Great to be Georgia Bulldog,"
And I got a camo hat and some red heels
And then you'll be between the hedges and in the stands
Post-game, it's Firehouse
It's 9Es bar and dancing on the stage
Ain't nothing changed in my college town
Just another Georgia game
Yeah, just another Georgia game
The Break
Staring at a blank sheet of notebook paper
Salt and peppered, given in by time
Hope I didn't forget how to give my all to this
But I need to break it, I need to find
My happy ending, sometime
Back in this hometown
I don't know what I expect to find
These memories are painful to see
But the break feels so good sometimes
I spent 6 years in a country town
Away from my family, to find a life of my own
Expected dreams to just run my way
But in all that time, all I could have found was,
My happy ending, sometime
Back in this hometown
I don't know what I expect to find
These memories are painful to face
But the break feels so good sometimes
And when I wake up in the city lights
His face is nowhere to be found
Working 60 hours a week
Can break you down
But it won't break this down
Our own happy ending, sometime
Back in our hometown
I don't know what we expect to find
These memories are painful to face
But the break feels so good sometimes
We all need our happy ending sometime
Back in our hometown
I don't know what we expect, what we expect to find
These memories are so painful to face
But the break feels so good sometimes
Yes we all need our break
It feels so good sometimes.
Salt and peppered, given in by time
Hope I didn't forget how to give my all to this
But I need to break it, I need to find
My happy ending, sometime
Back in this hometown
I don't know what I expect to find
These memories are painful to see
But the break feels so good sometimes
I spent 6 years in a country town
Away from my family, to find a life of my own
Expected dreams to just run my way
But in all that time, all I could have found was,
My happy ending, sometime
Back in this hometown
I don't know what I expect to find
These memories are painful to face
But the break feels so good sometimes
And when I wake up in the city lights
His face is nowhere to be found
Working 60 hours a week
Can break you down
But it won't break this down
Our own happy ending, sometime
Back in our hometown
I don't know what we expect to find
These memories are painful to face
But the break feels so good sometimes
We all need our happy ending sometime
Back in our hometown
I don't know what we expect, what we expect to find
These memories are so painful to face
But the break feels so good sometimes
Yes we all need our break
It feels so good sometimes.
Wednesday, January 25, 2012
Bless Our Hearts
Just like the nights that are too busy
I want to be you're GPS, take you to the backroads when you need me
Take you home underneath those Southern stars
That you forgot about
And when the cold drinks become ice
I'm that summer breeze blowing through, the smell of pine trees and moonlight
Bring you back to back tailgates in red mud
Field parties gone too loud
Something in you says these city lights have gone too bright
Something speaks in your voice of broken old taillights
Just fall into a old creek crying your name
In a country haze
And I haven't broken nothing you own yet
So let your heart just remember all the things you strove to forget
And I let you hold my hand on that dark winter night
Baby, we'll be alright
Yeah we'll be alright
The country blesses our hearts tonight
Don't you remember your first fall night kiss
Back in the woods of Southside, in that leave-less mist?
And a sweet girl with brown camo eyes
Calling your name tonight?
Once before I let some fool hold onto what we called love
I held him in an amber silence, in a full moon hug
But as the lights dimmed I saw too clear
Whiskey is all that I feared
So in these twisting old roads home, didn't you love me?
Didn't I hold all you've ever known?
And in this goodnight embrace we found what's right
In a Georgian night
And I haven't broken nothing you own yet
So let your heart just remember all the things you strove to forget
And I let you hold my hand on that dark winter night
Baby, we'll be alright
Yeah we'll be alright
The country blesses our hearts tonight
And I haven't broken nothing you own yet
So let your heart just remember all the things you strove to forget
And I let you hold my hand on that dark winter night
Baby, we'll be alright
Yeah we'll be alright
The country blesses our hearts tonight
I want to be you're GPS, take you to the backroads when you need me
Take you home underneath those Southern stars
That you forgot about
And when the cold drinks become ice
I'm that summer breeze blowing through, the smell of pine trees and moonlight
Bring you back to back tailgates in red mud
Field parties gone too loud
Something in you says these city lights have gone too bright
Something speaks in your voice of broken old taillights
Just fall into a old creek crying your name
In a country haze
And I haven't broken nothing you own yet
So let your heart just remember all the things you strove to forget
And I let you hold my hand on that dark winter night
Baby, we'll be alright
Yeah we'll be alright
The country blesses our hearts tonight
Don't you remember your first fall night kiss
Back in the woods of Southside, in that leave-less mist?
And a sweet girl with brown camo eyes
Calling your name tonight?
Once before I let some fool hold onto what we called love
I held him in an amber silence, in a full moon hug
But as the lights dimmed I saw too clear
Whiskey is all that I feared
So in these twisting old roads home, didn't you love me?
Didn't I hold all you've ever known?
And in this goodnight embrace we found what's right
In a Georgian night
And I haven't broken nothing you own yet
So let your heart just remember all the things you strove to forget
And I let you hold my hand on that dark winter night
Baby, we'll be alright
Yeah we'll be alright
The country blesses our hearts tonight
And I haven't broken nothing you own yet
So let your heart just remember all the things you strove to forget
And I let you hold my hand on that dark winter night
Baby, we'll be alright
Yeah we'll be alright
The country blesses our hearts tonight
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