Co-written w/ Adia Marie Fuller

Lyrics:

VR 1:
First you crawl
Then you sit up
Learn to walk
Fall down and get up
Then try to ride too fast when dad
Takes off those training wheels
By the time
You’ll realize it
Turning 5
Turns into driving
Yourself to class 
Caused you just passed
And life starts getting real

PRE:                       
When you get to where you’re going you’ll find                         
Life’s about way more than keeping score and finish lines

CH:

So, take it slow
Don’t always go
At the speed of light
Make sure
You keep your pure
More than you lose your mind
Make sure you glow through
What you go through
While you’ve still got 
Some growing up to do

VR 2:
Soon you’ll talk
About the future
You’ll get lost
Hopin’ it comes sooner
Then catch your breath get scared to death
With every mistake made
Throughout the climb
You’ll start to get it
On a dime
You’ll barely make it
Cause twenty-five
Always feels like
You can’t catch a break

(PRE)
(CH)
BRI:
And when you don’t 
Have a clue
Demon or angel
You should listen to
Trust your gut
Cause guess what
Those choices will make you

(CH)


Growing Up To Do (Work Tape)

Lyrics:

VR 1:
Last kiss of the morning
I love you too
Not an hour passes
When I don’t think of you
In that hot-shot truck
Putting miles on the road
Burning up diesel
“Sweetheart,” he goes
“It’s just so peaceful”
And it’s just my luck

PRE: 
Hitches up that gooseneck
To that fifth wheel
Drives away
With my love, he feels
Cause that heavy-duty’s
Got nothing on me

CH: 
Our love’s built tough
Like his old dually
Through every mile
He’s right here with me
This freight and fate
Sent from above
Long haul love

VR 2: 
Can’t begin to tell you
How it feels
Having a hard-working man
And being the woman he heals
With every touch
It ain’t always easy
Then again what job is
But he always sees me
There’s no one i’d rather live
Through it all with

(PRE)
(CH)

BRI:
Though the hills and flats
I’ve got your back
And across state lines
Your heart is mine
And I’ll make sure
To soak in the times

(CH)


Long Haul Love (Work Tape)

Lyrics:

VR 1:
I was raised
At a time and place
Where everyone
Stood for the flag
And I'll always be grateful
To have grown up with a plateful
Of that downhome
American pride

PRE: 
And I will stand up for those that can’t
Cause they were fighting for this land

CH:
I’ve always been
A patriot
Kin of vets
And fed
By rednecks
Got no shame in my hometown brag
And I’m damn proud of my army dad
So here’s to all the visionaries,
Poets, scholars, and military.
Stand up and sing it loud
I’m American, Strong & Proud

VR 2:
Some folks overlook
Everything it took
For those soldiers
To put it all on the line
But their bravery won’t be in vain
Acting like they ain’t afraid
To go out on that battlefield
And fight

PRE:
And I’ll always remind
People of their sacrifice
Their life, limbs, and mind

(CH)

BRI:
So here’s to the Coast Guard, Army,
Air Force, Marines, and the Navy
Raise a glass, toss it back
For the heroes that last

(CH)

Patriot (Work Tape)

Co-written w/ Korie Burton Rott & Elle Sloan

Lyrics:
VR 1:
You can retrace your steps
You can regret you left
You can tell me that 
You wanna start again
You can apologize
Try to make it right
You can hope that time 
Will fade all of your lies

PRE: 
A second try don’t undo the first
One more round will only make it worse
Cause

CH:  
Worn boots 
Can be made new
When they’ve seen better days
Shine ‘em up, stitch a hole 
That leather's still the same 
But this heart of mine
That you ran through
It don’t work that way
I wish it did
But you can’t fix
A heart that’s broke-in 

VR 2:
You can resole ‘em, 
You can remold ‘em
You can sew up all the strings 
That have come undone
When the toes get scuffed
You can fix ‘em right up
And no one will ever know
What you’ve done

(CH)

BRI: 
I ain’t no pair of Lucchese’s
There ain’t no remedy
To fix all the things you tore in me 

(CH)

Broke-In (Work Tape)

Co-written w/ Ian Gilliland

Lyrics:

Intro:
Paycheck to paycheck
I can’t afford the rent 
All my money’s in the ashes
Of Some burnt up cigarettes

VR 1:
All fixed up but I’m still broke
Every tear that I’ve spent
Don’t add up to heat the home
Or fix that picket fence 
Baby’s up running me down 
At 12, 1, and 4
Waking up the older ones
Who are dreaming for more

CH:
Paycheck to paycheck
I can’t afford the rent 
All my money’s in the ashes
Of some burnt up cigarettes
But that’s okay
That’s all right
Five and dime’s 
They now cost $1.29
Fighting Hard
From the start
Living more with less
I’m paycheck to paycheck,
Almost breaking from the stress

VR 2:
Living’s hard, not bulletproof
Every dollars on the line
I still wake and I’m there first
So I can own what’s mine
It's pretty scarce these days
In the way of work
But I’ll fight for my babies 
Till I’m laying in the dirt

(CH)

BRI:
I ain't giving up
And I ain’t giving in
No matter how deep inside
To hell and back I’ve been

(CH)


Paycheck To Paycheck (Work Tape)

Lyrics:

VR 1:
I was raised
At a time and place
Where everyone
Stood for the flag
And I'll always be grateful
To have grown up with a plateful
Of that downhome
American pride
PRE:
And I will stand up for those that can’t
Cause they were fighting for this land
CH:
I’ve always been
A patriot
Kin of vets
And fed
By rednecks
Got no shame in my hometown brag
And I’m damn proud of my army dad
So here’s to all the visionaries,
Poets, scholars, and military.
Stand up and sing it loud
I’m American, Strong & Proud
VR 2:
Some folks overlook
Everything it took
For those soldiers
To put it all on the line
But their bravery won’t be in vain
Acting like they ain’t afraid
To go out on that battlefield
And fight
PRE:
And I’ll always remind
People of their sacrifice
Their life, limbs, and mind
(CH)
BRI:
So here’s to the Coast Guard, Army,
Air Force, Marines, and the Navy
Raise a glass, toss it back
For the heroes that last
(CH)


Patriot (Full-Band Demo)

Co-written w/ Adia Fuller & Joe Cavanaugh

Lyrics:
VR 1:
All those fancy types 
Set the bar real high 
But I’ve found I like 
Stayin’ inside 
(yes I do)

Cause all these big bright lights 
Could make a girl go blind 
But the Irish goodbye’s 
My favorite kind
 
PRE:
Call it what you want
But I’m a bit blunt 
And I don’t give a damn whatcha think 

CH 1: 
If I can’t show up 
Half drunk 
Af-ter mar-garitas
Hair half done 
And cut off jeans
Then I ain’t goin’ 

VR 2: 
If the night goes side-ways
Just in case
I got a get-a-way 
Waitin’ outside

It might 
Be my ex 
Or my mom's best friend 
Or flash-ing blue lights  
But a ride’s a ride

(PRE) 

CH 2: 
If I can’t show up 
Half drunk (after) 
Bot-tom-less 
Mimoas
Hair half done
And ripped up jeans
Then I ain't goin’

BRIDGE: 
Just say the word
I’ll be red carpet ready
If you haven’t heard 
I go zero to sexy
From comfy to class
In 3 seconds flat

CH: 
If I can’t show up 
Half drunk 
With Bud Light in my cup
Hair half done 
And black ripped jeans
Then I ain’t goin’


Ain’t Goin’ (Work Tape)

VR 1:
I almost got married
To the wrong guy
Wanted you to be there
When the knot was tied.
I wanted you to be
By my side


PRE:
And you may not have enough lives
To see me for the rest of mine

CH:
But I really need you now
So I’m begging you, please hold out
You can’t go to God just yet
Cause I need you with me instead
Just to see this moment
I need you in
This moment I need you in

VR 2:
Been in the big city
Chasing those dreams
My biggest prayer    
Is that someday
You’ll live to see
Me holding that trophy
Me living that way

(PRE)
(CH)

BRI:
I have the honor
Of being your granddaughter
And I know you’ll live forever in me

(CH)

Moment I Need You In (Work Tape)

Co-written w/ MK Strother

Lyrics:

VR 1: 
The woman can handle
Almost anything
No one holds a candle
To fire she brings

PRE: 
And she
Always stayed on track
She goes the extra mile for me
And always has my back

CH:   
With coffee in her hand
And a Bible in the other
There’s no Wonder Woman
Quite like my mother
With everything she’s achieved
She always says to me
“Getting to be your mama on this Earth
Was my best work.”

VR 2: 
Keeping this house a home
While raising babies
Cooking on the phone
While the kids picked daisies

PRE 2: 
Hard times
Didn’t keep her down
Balancing on that tight rope
Didn’t knock over her crown

(CH)

BRI: 
God’s best work
Was choosing her
To be my mama
I just hope
That she knows
I couldn’t do this life
Without a

(CH)


My Best Work (Work Tape)

Co-Written w/ Ava Goins

Lyrics:

VR 1:
Never cared to be seen 
Always dared to do anything
Like a daisy
Resilient, Wild

Didn’t ask for much
Never wanted to be touched 
Like a Rose
Guarded, Love

PRE:
I counted my petals 
Lost every battle
To a reflection
I didn’t see perfect 
But my mama says

CH: 
The rain may fall
In a different place
But the sun still sets 
On time each day
And every April
Will bring your May
Wildflowers aren’t meant
To bloom the same

VR 2: 
Has expensive taste
Always flowing with grace
Like an orchid
Luxurious, Poised

Always rising above
Carries problems with a blush
Like a lotus
Quiet, Dreamer

(PRE)
(CH)

BRI:  
Noting why 
The flowers grow more
On their side
What’s it all for
My colors are different than yours
That don’t mean they’re less or more
And we may bend with every downpour
But we won’t break
We’ll just wait
To be tall again

(CH)


Wildflowers (Work Tape)

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

Long Haul Love (Work Tape)

Lauren Teel

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