Co-Written w/ Korie Burton Rott

Lyrics:

VR 1:
I tell my girl friend to delete those dating apps
Cause you don’t see commercials for Ferraris
Then I turn around and swipe right on some guy on tinder
Thinkin' in a week I won’t be sorry

PRE:
It’s true that I can’t see the future
But you would think I’d learn from the past

CH:
Not sure why anybody asks for my advice
Cause heaven knows that I don’t listen to any of mine
When I’m with my friends, how am I the voice of reason?
All living our lives one step at a time, the blind leading the blind

VR 2:
I tell my guy friends to “just tell her how you feel”
But when it comes to me, rejection gets too real
Wonder how people stay in toxic situations
Forgetting that I’ve been there myself

PRE:
It’s true that I can’t see the future
But you would think I’d learn from the past

(CH)

BRI:
Why do we all act like we know best
When the truth is we’re all in a different mess

(CH)

I tell my myself to delete those dating apps
Cause you don’t see commercials for Ferraris

Blind Leading The Blind (Work Tape)

Lyrics:

VR 1:
Bright colored walls  
Or gray
Always doing something
Or always the same
Optimistic 
And kind
Or realistic
And too wise

PRE:
Mother or father
How could I possibly decide?

CH:
I ain’t saying that I didn’t grow up right
I’m just saying there’s a mark that’s left
When you’re forced to pick sides
And every time
These tired eyes
See love 
They think of 
That first goodbye
Forever trying to find that missing piece is hard
When you grew up in a home torn apart

VR 2:
Tennis and golf
Or large mouth bites
Shopping malls
Or construction sites
Determined
And brave
Or certain
And safe

PRE:
Mother or father
How could I take one away?

(CH)

BRI:
I’m okay
I’m okay
That’s what I say
But I’m not okay

(CH)

Torn Apart (Work Tape)

Lyrics:

VR 1:
Bags are packed
Suitcase locked
There ain’t no 
Second thoughts
In my mind
In my mind
Take in a breath
Let the liquor talk
All this time
How have i not walked 
Away
Until today?

PRE:
Turned around
No tears in my eyes
This needed, ‘bout time
Goodbye
Came way later 
Than it should

CH:
Finish your whiskey
Don’t bother getting
Off your chair
Finish your whiskey
It’s too late for me to care
I should’ve seen we were broken
A long time ago
All this pain inside I was holding
Is the reason I have to go
You can have all the drinks
I’ll take my memories
I don’t give a damn anymore
If you miss me
Finish your whiskey

VR 2:
Driving down
Our old block
Made up my mind
Like a solid rock
I’m gone
I’m gone

PRE:
Looked around
Wind in my hair
This freedom is
A breath of fresh air
Finally
Finally

(CH)
(CH)

Finish Your Whiskey (Work Tape)

Lyrics:

VR 1:
A little boy
Just one years old
In a moment
Lost a father to hold
To protect and serve
It ain’t easy
I think about my grandpa
Same city, different years
Watching the news
I can’t help but shed a tear

CH:
I’m not saying they don’t care
I’m not saying they don’t see
I’m just saying what it looks like
To me
No matter which side you land on
Disrespect for the badge is just wrong
They lay down their lives every day
I’m not really political
But I know one things true
No one should be in power if they don’t
Back the boys in blue

VR 2:
I think back
To all the stories
Of the past
That were told to me
To protect and serve
Isn’t taken lightly
They talked about my grandpa
New York City, different time
When it comes to those in uniform
They’re lives are on the line

(CH)

BRI:
I watched the wake for that little boy’s father
Taken way too soon, rest in peace officer

(CH)

Back The Boys In Blue (Jonathan Diller's Song) (Work Tape)

Co-written w/ Ian Gilleland
Lyrics:

VR 1:
Fancy cars
A privileged start
Are things a man don’t need
To catch my eye
Strong and kind
Sweet and wise
That’s more my type
Than anything

PRE:
Sometimes I think
That you can’t see
You’re all I’ve waited for

CH:
Trust me
Know this
There is no one else in this world
I’d replace you with
Trust me
I feel it 
I know in my heart you’re the one
More and more with every kiss 
Trust me
Just breathe
I’m not going anywhere, Babe
I’ll stay, you’ll see 
Trust me

VR 2:
I see your heart 
Every part
The way you care for me and
Every little thing
This love it grows within
With every dance and spin
There is no one else I’d rather
Fall into

(PRE)
(CH)

BRI:
When you think that there is no way I could 
Stay
When you feel like you are lost
And you don’t know the way

(CH)

Trust Me (Work Tape)

Co-written w/ Aleya Fyffe

Lyrics:

VR 1: 
Being with you is like
Picnics
Picking sticks 
Trying hard to steal a kiss
Not wanting ever to quit
Kissing you is like				
Amber skies
Sparks fly					
Trying hard to bide my time			
Ain’t no doubt what’s on my mind		
Touching you is like			
Do I dare?
Gasping air
Those rough hands in my hair
Heavy breath taking me there
 
PRE:
Counting the stars, 
As they light the sky 
You pull me in
And hold me tight

CH:
There’s nowhere I’d rather be		
Than anywhere with you next to me
Feeling you breathe
With this tree we’re underneath
It’s never been more clear for me to see
It’s the little things

VR 2:
Holding you is like
Long drives
Late at night
Bench truck lost in those eyes
Thanking you for making time
Trusting you is like
Family
Inner peace
Don’t ever have to worry
Plain and simple, I’m at ease
Craving you is like
Anywhere
Longing stare
They can look, we don’t care
“Keep eyeing me like that I swear”

(PRE)

(CH)

BRI:
Remember that winter night
You asked me if you were mine
I’d still say “yes” every time

Cause having you is like
Everything
Want a ring
Not just some little fling
You getting down on one knee

(CH)

The Little Things (Work Tape)

Lyrics:

VR 1:
He’s a backseat 
Tryna tame my heartbeat
As he touches my knee
Can’t help but come undone
I can feel the heat
He rolls up his sleeves
Says how much he loves me
And I know that’s the good stuff

PRE:
But there’s something that he does
That never fails to mess me up
More 
than anything

CH:
When he calls me darlin’
Aligning all the stars in
There’s no other man
With no other hands
I’d rather put my heart in
They can call me baby
That’ll never phase me
But that
Low southern drawl
Can have my all
The boy’s got me fallin'
When he calls me darlin’

VR 2:
He’s a good time
Can’t get him off my mind
When he pulls me in tight
I just can’t help myself
I’m a tumbleweed
Don’t know how he caught me
He knows how to make me melt

(CH)

BRI:
Don’t know how he does what he does
But I know in his voice this is love
Cause

(CH)

When He Calls Me Darlin’ (Work Tape)

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 (Work Tape)

Lyrics:

VR 1:
A mother was all I 
Wanted to be.
A knife in the heart was
All I could see
Doc said 
It wouldn’t be easy for me.

CH:
Broke down when
They told me
It's not meant to be
And they said
I can beg and plead
But I’d never conceive
Yet here I’m sitting
And baby your living
Proof that they were wrong
I guess I knew all along
Cause I was made to be a mom

VR 2:
A lot of it was hard
Always falling apart
So many attempts
All this time spent
Just to come back negative

CH

BRI:
If you’re broken in pain
Just know that the rain
Has been known
To bring rainbows

CH

Made To Be A Mom (Work Tape)

Lyrics:

VR 1:
I don’t know what it’s like 
To lose a loved one to this land. 
I don’t know how it feels 
To hold a folded flag in my hands. 
That’s why I stand. 

CH:
When I pledge that flag every time 
It’s flying, 
It’s cause I know there are millions on that battlefield 
dying 
In the cold or the sand. 
That’s why I stand. 

VR 2:
I don’t know what it’s like 
To picture him coming home, 
And I don’t know how it feels 
To sleep in a king-sized all alone. 
I don’t know 
How anyone could understand. 

(CH)

BRI:
There’s a little boy 
On the edge of town 
Crying cause 
Daddy’s tailgunner let him down. 
And there’s a grown-up girl 
missing half of her world 
On her wedding day. 
No one to give her away.

(CH)

Why I Stand - Single

Stream on Apple Music

Why I Stand (Work Tape)

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

Why I Stand (Work Tape)

Lauren Teel

Related tracks