Full-Band Demos

Loren Teel

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:
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


Moment I Need You In (Full-Band Demo)

Co-written w/ Jonathan Bell

Lyrics:

VR 1: 
The final straw that broke the camel's back
Had red lipstick that didn’t match,
Any shade that I would ever have
He tried to justify with just a friend
And I said you better get to packin’
And as he walked down those front steps
He said I’d never find another man like him

CH: 
Well thank God for that
Thank God I’ll never have
to be crying myself to sleep
Hearing words I can’t repeat
To my friends
Thank God for truth
And how it comes shining through
All the lies you tried to hide
Holding tightly to your pride
To the end
You say you’re never coming back
Well thank God for that

VR 2: 
In time, my heart was healed and found new love
He stands by me when times are tough, And gets me flowers just because
Honestly, he’s nothing like you

(CH)

BRI: 
You may think what you said
Lingers in my head
It will always be there
But only as an answered prayer
Cause I

(CH)


Thank God For That (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:
My Superman carries
The future in his hands
In his work, he stays buried
Thinks no one understands
This writer stays
In every word
I pick apart
Till my truth is heard

PRE:
He’s falling asleep at his desk
Then he’s all over me
Against his chest
I wouldn’t have it
Any other way

CH:
Cause there he is
Changing the world
And here I am
Being his girl
Hard to comprehend
Waiting all this time
For familiar hands
To wrap in mine 
But I’ll be holding on
Staying strong
In everything I feel
Waiting for my Man of Steel.

VR 2:
My Clark Kent is late
To reach out to me
But the love he craves
Is so damn easy to see
This Lois Lane
Is here for him
As much as he stays
Or is gone with the wind

PRE:
He’s coming back up for air
Then he’s gone again
But I’m prepared
Cause I wouldn’t want
Anyone else

CH:
Cause there he is
Changing the world
And here I am
Being his girl
Hard to comprehend
Waiting all this time
For familiar hands
To wrap in mine 
But I’ll be holding on
Staying strong
In everything I feel
Waiting for my Man of Steel.

BRI:
Cause there he is
Changing the world
And I’m so damn proud
To be his girl
Hard to comprehend
Waiting all this time
For familiar hands
To wrap in mine 
But I’ll be holding on
Staying strong
In everything I feel
Waiting for my Man of Steel.


Man Of Steel - (Full-Band Demo)

Lyrics:

Dear child
Don’t worry about the past
Lord knows
All the struggles you’ve had
Dear teen
Don’t worry about the mirror
Lord knows
All the ways you’ve felt inferior
Dear me
Don’t worry about the future
Lord knows
You’ll be there sooner or later

I’ve spent my life
Putting together
Puzzle pieces
And taping up 
Ones I ripped

What if I always knew
It would work out?
What if I never had
Any doubts?
Would all these little moments,
Praises that I’ve opened,
Suddenly mean so much less?
Sometimes I thank God
For what I didn’t know yet.

Dear past loves,
The ones who weren’t for me
God knows
Why we weren't meant to be
Dear boy,
That in the future I wed
God knows
Why we couldn’t meet yet.
Dear man,
Who’s gonna be the one
God knows
Why it hasn’t yet begun

What if I always knew
It would work out?
What if I never had
Any doubts?
Would all these little moments,
Love letters I’ve opened,
Suddenly mean so much less?
Sometimes I thank God
For what I didn’t know yet.

Dear little one
Up there right now
Heaven knows
Why you couldn’t come down

What if I always knew
It would work out?
What if I never had
Any doubts?
Would all these little moments,
Gender reveals I’ve opened,
Suddenly mean so much less?
Sometimes I thank God
For what I didn’t know yet.

Yeah I thank God
For what I didn’t know yet.

What I Didn’t Know Yet (Full-Band Demo)

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

What I Didn’t Know Yet (Full-Band Demo)

Lauren Teel