Work Tapes

Lyrics:

VR 1:
I’m
crossing all the lines
Dotting all my “I”s
To get with you
With you

Myrtle Beach
You and me
Twenty-three
Twenty-three

PRE-CH:
It’s a kind of high
You and I
I’d pay any price
To stay with you tonight

CH:
Can I keep your blue eyes
Locked on mine?
Can I keep this banter going
In the middle of the night?
Can I keep
Closing this in between?
I can’t hold back the truth
Can I keep you?

VR 2:
I’m 
Checking all the signs
Making sure its right
Being with you
With you

Middle Tennessee
You and me
Twenty-three
Twenty-three

PRE-CH:
It’s a kind of high
You and I
Babe, I’d pay any price
To stay with you tonight

CH:
Can I keep your blue eyes
Locked on mine?
Can I keep this banter going
In the middle of the night?
Can I keep
Closing this in between?
I can’t hold back the truth
Can I keep you?

BRI:
Your voice on the phone
Feel’s like coming home
Can I keep you?
Can I keep you?

My voice on the line
Says will you be mine
Can I keep you?
Can I keep you?

CH:
Can I keep your blue eyes
Locked on mine?
Can I keep this banter going
In the middle of the night?
Can I keep
Closing this in between?
I can’t hold back the truth
Can I keep you?

Can I Keep You? (Work Tape)

Co-written w/ Adia Fuller

Lyrics:

Verse 1: 
Some of my friends are the life of the party
Some of my friends will leave at 9:30 
Some of my friends will be there in a flash 
Some of my friends forget to text back
Some of my friends can’t hold their liquor
Some of my friends will hold it then get sicker
Some of my friends give too much information 
Some of my friends have stronger reservations

Chorus:
But we all get along
Just like that Kenny Chesney song
And if Bill Withers could see
I lean on them
They lean on me
And when it’s hard to carry on
They lend a hand and help the lost
Cause I don’t know just where I’d be
If some of my friends
Never met me

Verse 2:
Some of my friends like to dance all night
Some of my friends prefer the quiet life
Some of my friends like to sing randomly
Some of my friends won’t be caught dead staying on key
Some of my friends are a shoulder to cry on
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Some of my friends will beat up anyone who does you wrong
Some of my friends will kindly break the news
Some of my friends they won’t sugarcoat the truth

(Chorus)

Bridge:
I can depend
On all of my friends
To be there for me 
In whatever way they can

(Chorus)

Like A Fire (Work Tape)

Co-written w/ Emily O'Neal

Lyrics:
VR 1:
Most people quit 
cause they look how far they 
have to go,
not how far they have come.

And the hills you climb
Look larger than life
When you only 
Look around

I’ve been on that cliff
Looking out at how
Much longer I have to trek
To reach that mountain

PRE:
And you’ve been in this place before
Doubt if you can do this anymore
But you do this every time
Yet  come out the other side

CH:
Look back
At all you’ve done
Take in
all the battles you’ve won
Cause life
Can look better in the rearview
Look at all you’ve overcome
Yeah honey
Look back at all you’ve done

VR 2:
You can’t give up
Cause you’ve come too far to
Give in,
Think of you, in the long run.

The staircase looks big
When you look at it
From the ground

And dreams aren’t for the weak
Stick it out and see
How much ground you cover
After you almost give out
PRE:
Cause you’ve been here a time or two
Underestimating you
If you’d just keep the same pace
Look at the progress you’ve made

CH:
Look back
At all you’ve done
Take in
all the battles you’ve won
Cause life
Can look better in the rearview
Look at all you’ve overcome
Yeah honey
Look back at all you’ve done

BRI:
You’ve got so much ahead
That sometimes I think you forget
Everything you’ve already done
All the times you already won

CH:
Look back
At all you’ve done
Take in
all the battles you’ve won
Cause life
Can look better in the rearview
Look at all you’ve overcome
Yeah honey
Look back at all you’ve done

Look Back

Look Back (Work Tape)

Co-Written w/ Sofia Lynch

Lyrics & Chords:
VERSE 1:
G
Tough love
D
Is never enough but
G
When I was young
D
I thought it was

PRE-CHORUS
G
I thought that love was,
C
hanging on when everyone, 
G D
and everything is telling you give up.
G
But you made the drive
C
600 miles 
G D
Just so you could see me tonight
CHORUS: 
G 
Yeah your love is 
C D
easy to hold
G 
Set of arms that
C D
Never go cold
Am
Now I’ll never spend
C D
Another night alone
G
Cause your love
D
Is easy to hold
VR 2:
G D G D
I would do my share
When he wasn’t there
It took some time to realize
He never cared

PRE CHORUS:
G
I thought it 
C
was always supposed to hurt
G
And before it gets better
D
It gets worse
G
But you communicate
C
When you know you’ll be late
G D
And never leave me to wait

(CHORUS)

BRIDGE:
Am
Say I’m sorry
G
To the mirror
Mirror
Am
And she tells me
D
Now it’s clearer
Clearer
Am
To us both
D
Now we know

Easy To Hold

Easy To Hold (Work Tape)

Lyrics:

VR 1: 
I held my breath
He thought I was sleeping on my side
Hands to my chest
Silently sobbing all those nights

Cause he came home
Hours before
Grabbed his keys
Then walked right back out the door

PRE:
I didn’t want him to see 
it got to me
But if I could tell me from the past 
one thing

CH:
Let him see you cry
Let the tears fall from your eyes

Let him have it
Let him see
How he hurt you
How he made you bleed

Don’t feel like you have to explain why
You let him see you cry

VR 2: 
I excused myself
He thought I just needed some peace
Sliding down the wall
Quietly bawling to my knees

Cause he sat down
Minutes before
Around all his friends
Without even sparing me a glance

PRE:
I didn’t want him to see 
it got to me
But if I could tell me from the past 
one thing

CH:
Let him see you cry
Let the tears fall from your eyes
Let him have it
Let him see
How he hurt you
How he made you bleed

Don’t feel like you have to explain why
You let him see you cry

BRI:
Every time
He sees you cry
And walks away

Damn girl,
You should’ve known 
not to stay

CH:
Let him see you cry
For the very last time
Before you say goodbye

Let him know
Let him see
How he hurt you
How he made you leave

Don’t feel like you have to explain why
When you say goodbye
And you let him see you cry

Let Him See You Cry (Work Tape)

Country songwriter & musician from Dallas, Texas, currently living in Nashville, Tennessee. MTSU Commercial Songwriting alum.

Can I Keep You? (Work Tape)

Lauren Teel