Lyrics:
Vr 1:
In my childhood
I understood
What it meant
To fall out of love
And they both 
Have their reasons
But all I’d ever seen was
A home 
That shattered to pieces

PRE:
I looked at my 
Not-broken friends
Wishing I
Could be them
And my mom and dad
Were still together
Cause

CH:
Tire swings 
Filled their lives
Tires leaving 
Was what filled mine
One place held
All their things
Two houses
I was in between
Growing up 
With 2 guides
I wouldn’t know 
What that’s like.
All my friends 
Were picking daises
And I
Was picking sides

VR 2:
When Mamma’s and Daddy’s
Don’t get along
The children think they did 
Something wrong
And I was no 
Exception
It taught me 
Cruel lessons
Like how
To push everyone away

(PRE)
(CH)

BRI:
I looked at my
Not-broken friends
Wishing I
Could be them
It’s a wonder how I learned 
To love again
Cause

(CH)


Picking Sides (Full-Band Demo)

Lyrics:

VR 1:
Always on your terms
You cut with every word
And when you're angry
Damn do they hurt
Carelessness
Always on my neck
It is control
That you invest in

CH:
No apologies
No "I'm sorry"
For the pain that they've caused
"If they leave it's their loss,
Don't they know
I'm the best thing they've got."
It's crazy
When you look inside
A narcissist's mind

VR 2:
Always suspicous
That I'll be as vicious
As you
If only they knew

CH:
No apologies
No "I'm sorry"
For the pain that they've caused
"If they leave it's their loss,
Don't they know
I'm the best thing they've got."
It's crazy
When you look inside
A narcissist's mind

BRI:
Oh its always your way
No matter how many hearts you break
How many things
You take
You make no mistakes
Even when you walk away
From everything you leave in your wake

CH:
No apologies
No "I'm sorry"
For the pain that they've caused
"If they leave it's their loss,
Don't they know
I'm the best thing they've got."
It's crazy
When you look inside
A narcissist's mind

Narcissist's Mind (Full-Band Demo)

Co-written w/ MK Strother

Lyrics:

VR 1:
He didn’t come onto her
But ain’t it always the coworker
He said, “Didn’t mean nothin'.”
Didn’t know why he did it
That’s when I should have been
At my limit

PRE:
But I defended him to all my friends
Made it seem like he was innocent
Cause I was dumb enough to think
He had good intent

CH:
My early twenties
Gone down the drain
Just for a chance
At his last name
Em D Cadd9 D Em G
He would take take take
And I would give give give
So much so, I didn’t recognize it
Till it was too late
Yeah, I must’ve been on something

VR 2:
I said “Your mother’s insane.”
After she went and said those things
He didn’t defend me at all
Oh, it's such a shame
Lord knows whose boundaries
He’s crossing now

(PRE)
(CH)

BRI:
If I had said
To all of my friends
All the things he did
In this relationship
There’s no damn way
He could plead the Fifth

(CH)

On Something (Full-Band Demo)

Lyrics:

VR 1: 
I had a hold of those reins too tight
But I always saw me wearing white
One day
Caught the eye of some city slickers
Those heartbreaks made me bitter
‘Bout time I came back to my roots
That’s just about the time I met you
And now I’m

CH: 
Catching chickens in your backyard
And it’s
Out where you can see every star
And I
Used to dream I’d meet who you are
And we’d
Saddle up
Settle down
If little me
Could see us now
She’d be
Head over heels
Guess this is how
A cowboy’s love feels

VR 2: 
I had my guard up for a while
Till I saw that wide-eyed smile
Look up at me
You were tending to the land
And I was making all these plans
A kind of life I would always choose
Several acres, a farm, and me and you
Cause I’m

(CH)

BRI: 
It’s funny how
Everything works out
And I thank God for the now
I’m living in
Yeah, I’ll be

(CH)


A Cowboy's Love (Full-Band Demo)

Lyrics:

VR 1:
He picks a banjo
And he likes country music
I play the damn show
But all I want’s acoustic

PRE:
And just a night in
Me and him
Fireplace kissing
And if we decide
To go outside
All I need

CH:
Is a breeze
On this white porch swing
I can’t believe
It’s him that’s holding me
How’d I get
Such a catch
Outside of when I sleep
I roped a damn good love
In wrangler jeans
He’s a cowgirl’s dream

VR 2:
He wakes at sunrise
Just like me
Wild look in his eyes
I’m wearing his old T

PRE:
Cause we just woke up
And I’m in love
With everything he does
If we make the bed
And get dressed
All that’s in my head

CH:
Is a breeze
On his white porch swing
I can’t believe
It’s him that’s holding me
How’d I get
Such a catch
Outside of when I sleep
I roped a damn good love
In wrangler jeans
He’s a cowgirl’s dream

BRI:
All those city boys
With all of their pricey toys
They don’t make me feel this way
Like all I’d need to stay

CH:
Is a breeze
On a white porch swing
I can’t believe
It’s him that’s holding me
How’d I get
Such a catch
Outside of when I sleep
I roped a damn good love
In wrangler jeans
He’s a cowgirl’s dream


A Cowgirl's Dream (Full-Band Demo)

Co-written w/ Rachel Russo

Lyrics:

VR 1:
Liquor, like life, has a way
A bitterness here to stay
Don’t know how much I can take
Alone
Every step that we took
Made me not want to look
As you left
And now

CH:
I’m chasing shadows out the bar
Wish I was where you are
My buzz aint the same without you
I’ve gone and turned around my car
Speeding but there’s no spark
Passenger side’s not the same without you
I’m lacking in fun
Baby, now that we’re done
I’m missing when I would run
And you were my chaser

VR 2:
I’m seeing you in the limes
In between every time
Could use some of your help
Can’t drink or drive by myself
Every memory we made
Went along with the chase
Now I’m hoping
You’d come home

(CH)

BRI:
Slowing down
Lost in a crowd
And all I want is you

(CH)


Chaser (Full-Band Demo)

Lyrics:

VR 1: 
I’ve been broken and bruised
It might sound cliche, but
That’s what I’ve been through
Sticks and stones
Broke mental bones
And the words cut deep but weren’t true

PRE:
I could talk about
All the times I’ve been let down
But there’s something more important
I’d be nothing without

CH:
Pages and pages
And singing on stages
Got me through the worst of times
Trauma after trauma
And dealing with drama
I found peace in writing every line
Verses with melodies
Got me up off of my knees
Jotting down what’s in my mind
When push comes to shove
Life’s been tough
That’s not hard to see 
But music has been there for me

VR 2:
Flipping through all of it;
The journals I’ve written in
Over 5000 entries of mine
I wasn’t much for sports,
But I adored
Performing on the sidelines

PRE:
I could bring up
So many memories
Throughout my life that shout 
“This is where I’m meant to be”

(CH)

BRI:
Bullied and left out;
I didn’t let that keep me on the ground
I found 
where I belong
writing

(CH)


Music's Always Been There For Me - (Full-Band Demo)

Lyrics:

VR 1:
His love is like a spring breeze
His smile is like a summer’s eve
His grip on me tightens softly         
His low voice puts me at ease

PRE:
High cotton

CH:
High cotton
He’s the picture of wealth
But not the kind of wealth
You’d get from anything else
High cotton
He’s all that I need
And when I say we’re rich
I ain’t talking about money
When the going gets tough
When life gets rough
Like it does
I’ll remember life with him is worth more
Than anything I’ve gotten
He is
High cotton

VR 2:
His pretty eyes are on me always
His laugh I could listen to all day
His hands are so easy to hold
They’ll keep me warm till we’re gray and 
Old

(PRE)
(CH)

BRI:
His love is
His love is
His love is

(CH)


High Cotton (Full-Band Demo)

Lyrics:

VR 1: 
You pick me up steady
But your breathing is heavy
Am I all that you wanted
Tell me that much baby?
I try my best to ration
Every sultry action
How can I make this last
Past the initial reaction?

PRE:
But you’ve said, and I’ve said
No feelings in this
And I try my best 
To hold back
You’re a thirst I can’t quench
Yet your lips on my lips
Feels like

CH: 
Kissing fire
In the dead of night
A burnin’ desire
Somethin’ I can’t fight
It’s one hell of a spark, this match
If it turns me to ash
At least I’ll know what it's like
Kissing fire

VR 2:
You lay me down on that bed
Can’t tell what's in your head
Am I all that you needed
Wrapped in lace and red?
What you’re not saying
Believe me, I heard
Funny how we talk it out
Without saying a word.

PRE:
And you’ve said and I’ve said
No attaching  this
Don’t look at me like this
I can’t hold back
You’re a thirst I can’t quench
So why do your lips
On my lips, feel like I’m

(CH)

BRI: 
Don’t you dare pull away
I’ll take the burn, not the break
Your lips on my lips
Tell me all there is to say

(CH)

Kissin' Fire (Full-Band Demo)

Lyrics:

VR 1:
I could lie
Say “it was just another night”
That I wasn’t hypnotized
By your eyes
And I could lie
Say “you were just another guy:”
That I wasn’t mesmerized
By that smile

CH:
I’m seeing stars
In who you are
You have my heart
In the palm of your hand
But I’m still holding it
We have our scars
Still mending the parts
Of our broken hearts
But isn’t that how it starts

VR 2:
I could try
To see the other side
Of this melancholy high
I try to deny
And I could try
Not to run and hide
From all these little lies
I’ve kept inside

(CH)

BRI:
And I’m trying so hard
To do what’s hard
To take apart
What’s in my heart
I try not to see
What you do to me
Not what it seems
I’m still here stuck in my dreams

CH:
Cause I’m seeing stars
In everything you are
You have my heart
In the palm of your hand
But I’m still holding it
We have our scars
Still mending the parts
Of our broken hearts
But isn’t that how it starts

How It Starts (Full-Band Demo)

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

Music's Always Been There For Me - (Full-Band Demo)

Lauren Teel

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