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Arrow To My Heart
As the saying goes, “the best laid plans of mice and men often go awry.” So too does love.
The moment I thought I had it all figured out, someone came along and showed me that I didn’t have a clue. She shot an Arrow To My Heart that changed everything.
Verse 1:
You know I really thought I’d figured out
The path that I was walkin’ down with you.
But the best laid plans of mice and men
Have a simple way of finding our truth.
It ain’t always what we wanted
When we picked up our sights,
But it’s got a funny way
Of always working out alright.
Chorus:
But it ain’t easy loving me.
Girl, I know the pain that I can sometimes be.
But I swear to you my love is true.
Like an arrow to my heart, it’s through and through.
Verse 2:
When we met I thought I’d never love again
Because my past was still my truth.
But you unlocked a door I didn’t know was there,
Inside my heart, that beats for you.
With the flood gates wide and open
I was never turning back.
Because the best laid plans of mice and men
Are sometimes all we have.
Chorus:
But it ain’t easy loving me.
Girl, I know the pain that I can sometimes be.
But I swear to you my love is true.
Like an arrow to my heart, it’s through and through.
Verse 3:
With the flood gates wide and open
I was never turning back.
Because the best laid plans of mice and men
Are sometimes all we have.
Chorus:
But it ain’t easy loving me.
Girl, I know the pain that I can sometimes be.
But I swear to you my love is true.
Like an arrow to my heart, it’s through and through.
Can't Write the Script
I don’t fall easy, but when I do I fall fast and hard. When that happens, I do the only thing I know how to do – I write the script in my head and I start sprinting. It’s gotten me in trouble more than once.
I wrote Can’t Write The Script on my 33rd birthday as my way of acknowledging that love takes two; that no matter how well intentioned you think you are, no matter how much you care, it’s all irrelevant if your partner doesn’t feel the same way.
Verse 1:
I’m no stranger to heartbreak,
I’ve been crushed a time or two,
But at least I know that I can love.
I learned that meeting you.
I know the pain from you will pass,
I just really thought this time,
Maybe more so I was hoping
That I’d found my ride or die
To live beside.
Because I, I don’t fall easy,
But when I do it’s fast and hard,
Like the lightning lighting up the sky
You thundered through my heart.
There’s a fire deep inside of me
I didn’t know was there.
It’d been laying cold and dormant
Until you gave it a breath of air
Chorus:
Cause when it comes to love,
The only thing I know for sure is this:
You can feel it in your heart,
But you can never write the script.
And sometimes in life
Your best ain’t good enough to win.
So, pick your head up and move on.
That’s all that you can do my friend.
Verse 2:
The days have gotten pretty dark
Even though it’s summertime
But there’ll be light on the horizon
If I keep on keepin on.
I wish that I could change your mind
Because deep down inside I know
That all the embers you ignited
Could build an everlasting love.
But I know there’s no control,
Because you feel the way you do.
It didn’t match up with my heart,
But you were honest, fair, and true.
So, if you see me out just know
Behind my smile hide my tears.
I’ll pretend you didn’t break my heart,
As I drink away my fears
To forget the years.
Chorus:
Cause when it comes to love,
The only thing I know for sure is this:
You can feel it in your heart,
But you can never write the script.
And sometimes in life
Your best ain’t good enough to win.
So, pick your head up and move on.
That’s all that you can do my friend.
Down the
Line
I wrote the first half of Down The Line when I was living with a woman I thought I was going to marry. What began as a song I wanted to use to propose to her turned into the song that helped me realize she wasn’t right for me.
This song isn’t for her. It’s for the woman out there I hope to meet one day who will love me as unconditionally as I love her.
Verse 1:
I’ve been running through this mad world,
Getting’ further down the line.
If I only learned a thing
It’s that you’ll never buy more time.
I know everybody’s searching,
And I’m searching just the same.
For a woman just like you
So I can give her my last name.
Through the darkness of the valley
And the calm before the storm,
You’ll be everything I need
So I can weather through one more.
I can tell you that I love you,
But it wouldn’t be the same,
Cause those words can do no justice
To the feelings that remain.
Chorus:
Be my lover, be my woman
And I’ll give to you my life.
I can’t promise you the world,
But girl, I promise that I’ll try.
Be my darling, be my angel,
And I’ll give you everything
That I can to be your man.
You’ve got my heart, now take my ring.
Verse 2:
Where we go it doesn’t matter,
Cause with you I’d run away.
We can travel hand in hand
Until we find a place to stay.
They say that home is where the heart is
And I feel it every day
I’m with you. I know it’s true,
Cause girl with you I’ve found my way.
And when I wake up in the morning
Girl I want you by my side.
As the sunlight hits your face
I’ll know that everything’s alright.
Cause I’ll go running through the valley
And come charging through the storm.
All I ask you in return
Is that you love me evermore.
Chorus:
So be my lover, be my woman
And I’ll give to you my life.
I can’t promise you the world,
But girl, I promise that I’ll try.
Be my darling, be my angel,
And I’ll give you everything
That I can to be your man.
You’ve got my heart, now take my ring.
Helping
Hand
At one point or another, we all need help. This song is about my journey to recognizing and admitting to myself that I needed help too. Shoutout to my friends, family, and Dr. J for being my Helping Hand.
Verse 1:
I’ve been runnin round in circles,
I’ve been sprinting through the nights.
Out there chasing every tail
I see hiding in plain sight.
Findin nothing in the evenings
‘Cept this bottle in my hand
That I drank until it’s finished.
Just as empty as I am.
I don’t understand what happened.
I don’t know where I went wrong.
I just know one day I had it
And the next day it was gone.
If I’m honest I don’t even know
Exactly what it is.
Just keep hearin’ that it’s out there.
Seems to me like it’s a myth.
Chorus:
Lord, I ask you if it’s even
Just a fraction of the truth
Help me find my way to goodness.
Help me find my way to you.
Cause I’ve been tryin’, but I know now
That I need a helping hand
So that I can find my footing.
So that I can be a man.
Verse 2:
Like the dust in old El Paso
I’ll go flying with the wind,
Spinning round just like a cyclone
And landing right back here again.
But I’m a hoping and a prayin’
That some luck will come my way
And break me out this G-ddamned cycle
Land me on my feet someday.
When I’m there I hope I know it,
Hope that I can recognize
All the good things I’ve got going,
Working for me in my life.
Cause this life is so damn fleeting,
‘Fore you bling you’re at the end.
I’ve got no more time to waste,
So come with me, let’s go, my friend.
Chorus 2:
Lord, I ask you if it’s even
Just a fraction of the truth
Help me find my way to goodness.
Help me find my way to you.
Cause I’ve been tryin’, but I know now
That I need a helping hand
So that I can find my footing.
So that I can be a man.
I Would
Swear
This song is about one of the most memorable nights I’ve ever had…that I barely remember. Shout out to Tin Roof Nashville for setting the scene.
Verse 1:
Well, the last thing on my mind
When I saw you by the stage
Was that I could somehow fall in love
With a girl I met that day.
I was out there with my friends
Raisin’ hell and pickin’ fights
When I saw you looking over
From the corner of my eye.
Chorus 1:
I would swear if I’d been sober
That the moment that I did
Every other woman in the bar
Disappeared up in the wind.
And the only one left standing,
Only one that stood a chance
In my heart was walking over
To my friends. I’ll be G-ddamned
Verse 2:
So, I walked up to the bar
And got myself another drink
I’ll need a shot of liquid courage
To confirm you’re not a dream.
With your blue eyes like the ocean
And your brown hair like the sun
As it sets on the horizon
Stealing light from everyone.
Chorus 2:
I would swear if I’d been sober
That the moment that you came
Well, the stars aligned inside that bar
When you told me your first name.
And I knew I had to try
But didn’t think I’d stand a chance
Cause I knew that I’d regret it
If I didn’t ask for that dance.
Verse 3:
Well, the next thing I remember
We were dancin’ on the floor.
With my head up in the sky
I couldn’t ask for anymore.
We were laughing, we were smiling,
Bout as happy as can be,
When you looked me in the eyes
And pulled me close enough to lean.
Chorus 3:
I would swear if I’d been sober
That the moment that you did
Every woman that I’d ever loved
Disappeared up in the wind.
And the only one left standing,
Only one that stood a chance,
In my heart, was smilin’ back at me
When we kissed. I’ll be G-ddamned.
So,
Goodbye
Met a girl, fell in love, and she did me dirty. About 6 months later, I woke up hungover and in a great mood, and about 5 minutes after that I finished writing this autobiographical account of kicking her lying, cheating ass out of my house. This song says it all, So, Goodbye!
Verse 1:
Darling I know that you wanted everything to be
Just the way that things had been before,
But after all the shit you done and things you said to me
I don’t ever want to see you anymore.
Chorus:
But it’s alright
Cause I’m better off without you in my life.
You and all your lies.
All the cheatin’, schemin’, stealin’ to survive.
I don’t want you, I don’t need you,
Hope I never have to see you,
So, goodbye.
Verse 2:
When I told you to get out you should a seen your face,
You didn’t think that I would have the strength,
But you picked a fight you couldn’t win,
So I kicked you out the house again
And I changed the keys and locked you out my place.
Chorus:
But it’s alright
Cause I’m better off without you in my life.
You and all your lies.
All the cheatin’, schemin’, stealin’ to survive.
I don’t want you, I don’t need you,
Hope I never have to see you,
So, goodbye.