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Outlive Ourselves
03:26
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I go back in my mind
Those Friday nights
Heart on my hand, removin’ my hat
Up in the stands, high school band
Playin that National Anthem
And all that I wanted was all that you had
In that hand-me-down car there was no looking back
Every question that life had to ask
We’d have forever to answer
Whether it’s train tracks or river banks
A bypass or water tanks
They’re all gonna crumble someday
But the memories stay
Out past all those freeways
Outlasting all those stars
Where the curfew county line freedom
Made us who we are
Out where God is watching
On the streets where we were raised
In the towns where we were famous
Where the spray paint knows our name
Tonight feels like maybe we could outlive ourselves
You get two summers that you never forget
You’re gonna be a legend but you don’t know it yet
The stories we tell, heaven and hell
Yeah, we got the scars to prove em
And all of those train tracks or river banks
Bypass or water tanks
They’re all gonna crumble someday
But the memories stay
Outlive our first kiss by a mile
Outrun our first midnight running wild
Outdream all the fires we felt inside
Tonight feels like maybe we could outlive ourselves
Lyrics © Creative Nation
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There's a t shirt folded in the back of the drawer
That you know that you're never gonna wear
But you scraped 20 bucks together
And you bought it at the show that summer of your senior year
You still love the smell of October
You love the look of the lights on the field
And it's been a little while but not long enough
To forget how the way a good comeback feels
We're all just a kid from somewhere
Working on a Friday night dream
Turned up loud, trying to make our Daddies proud
Acting like we know what we're doing in the back seat
We're still back there under the bleachers
We're still out there under the stars
No clue what we're doing when it comes down to it
We're all just a kid, all just a kid from somewhere
We're all still waiting on a slow song
Still praying Summer's never gonna end
Yeah, we're still making plans
Some are still falling through
We're still drinking a beer with our best friend
We're all just a kid from somewhere
Working on a Friday night dream
Turned up loud, trying to make our Mamas proud
Acting like we know what we're doing in the back seat
We're still back there under the bleachers
We're still out there under the stars
No clue what we're doing when it comes down to it
We're all just a kid, all just a kid from somewhere
Doesn't matter if you leave somewhere
Doesn't matter if you stay
Cause I swear either way
We're still right there under the bleachers
We're still out there under the stars
No clue what we're doing when it comes down to it
We're all just a kid, all just a kid from somewhere
Lyrics © Creative Nation
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Pictures Don't Lie
04:20
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Top of the world the ferris wheel stopped
You pulled out your phone and took a snapshot
We were close to heaven as this town could take us
Stars in our eyes, smiles on our faces
Even if we forgot
But pictures don't lie, look at us there
Holding on tight, flower in your hair
Yeah, we're up on the wall
Frozen in a frame
We had it all for a while
Hey, didn't we baby
I know it's hard to see it was good
When it ends in goodbye
But pictures don't lie
We could tear them up, trash the truth
Forget there ever was a me and you
There was a time this love was golden
It'd be easier to let it all go
If we didn't have the proof
But pictures don't lie, look at us there
Holding on tight, flower in your hair
Yeah, we're up on the wall
Frozen in a frame
We had it all for a while
Hey, didn't we baby
I know it's hard to see it was good
When it ends in goodbye
But pictures don't lie
There's one of you and me on a Carolina beach
I was laughing out loud, you were kissing my cheek
I know it hurts to look back, it's hard to believe
But it wasn't all bad
Baby, these pictures don't lie
Look at us there
Holding on tight, flower in your hair
Yeah, we're up on the wall
Frozen in a frame
We had it all for a while
Hey, didn't we baby
I know it's hard to see it was good
When it ends in goodbye
But pictures don't lie
These pictures don't lie
Lyrics © Anthem Music Publishing
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Good
03:53
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As the sun slowly rises above the river
I look out over all that God has made
Listen as the day starts to awaken
I thank God for things that never change
I can hear her laughing in the kitchen
And the sounds of little footsteps on the stairs
I've got all I'll ever need: a wife, a home, a family
And I thank God for all those answered prayers
And it's good
I got more than I ever thought I would
I can finally see how all the wrong turns and the heartaches
The lessons in the mistakes
Help me count these blessings like I should
And it's so good
Every day's a gift that I've been given
Every breath feels like a second chance
And everything I've done heaven has seen
And God just keeps on forgiving me, and I
Do my best to change what I can
And it's so good
I got more than I ever thought I would
I can finally see how all the wrong turns and the heartaches
The lessons in the mistakes
Help me count these blessings like I should
And it's good to know that I have been forgiven
Good to have her laying by my side
I've been given more than I deserve
For a past so full of bridges burned
I couldn't make this better if I tried
And it's so good
I got more than I ever thought I would
I can finally see how all the wrong turns and the heartaches
The lessons in the mistakes
Help me count these blessings like I should
And it's so good
Lyrics © Kobalt Music Publishing
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My Apologies
04:29
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My apologies for the world
Or at least this little cradle of the south
And the parts that I tore up in this small town
I’d say I didn’t know what I was doing
But I knew You
So my apologies for the world
And the way we always need to have a king
Politics, rock ‘n Roll, and everything
I’d say You never warned us, but You did
I’ve read your book
I know it ain’t like I’ve been elected
No, I don’t speak for anyone
I sure ain’t got this living thing perfected
Drowning in the things I wish I’d never done
But if I’m being honest and if You’re really listening
Truth is I can’t promise things will be much different
But my apologies for the world
And the times I didn’t notice what You made
When You lit a cornfield sunset up and I looked away
Like beauty ain’t some precious kind of gift
I swear I know it is.
And my apologies for the world
And the way we all pretend that we’re all different
Like You said those words in red and never meant it
Like there’s more to life than how we learn to love
But enough’s enough
I know it ain’t like I’ve been elected
No, I don’t speak for anyone
I sure ain’t got this living thing perfected
Drowning in the things I wish I’d never done
But if I’m being honest and if You’re really listening
Truth is I can’t promise things will be much different
Please let me say I’m so sorry
Even when I can’t find the words
And thank you for wild nights and Sundays
And all those second shots I don’t deserve
I know it ain’t like I’ve been elected
No, I don’t speak for anyone
I sure ain’t got this living thing perfected
Drowning in the things I wish I’d never done
But if I’m being honest and if You’re really listening
Truth is I can’t promise things will be much different
But my apologies for the world
My apologies for my world
My apologies for Your world
Lyrics © Pulse Publishing
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Kevin Stokley Cincinnati, Ohio
“Kevin Stokley has magnified and glorified the intersecting sweet spot of love for distinctly country music, swelling guitar string arrangements and the tricky craft of writing songs that are both intensely personal and universally identifiable.”
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