The Only Way

Verse 1

A man from the city came they’re puttin’ up houses

Like six or seven where there used to be one

Made me an offer that I had to consider

But I should’ve just turned and run

Cause we’ve got one in the 5th grade and another right behind her

They think the universe is just North Carolina

All I can think about’s the doorway in the kitchen

It’s covered up with notches names and inches

Chorus

Cause there’s a million ways that you can build a house

And as many you can use to tear it down

You can fill it up with treasures that you find along the road

But love’s the only way to build a home

Verse 2

The lady from the bank said I’d be foolish not to sell

Most of my neighbors had appointments there as well

All I can think about is Judas kissin’ Jesus

And giving back the thirty silver pieces

Bridge

I wrote a letter to my kids hopin’ someday they’d forgive what Daddy did

When it was finished I just threw it in the trash

Cause the answer I was lookin’ for was right there in my hand

Going On 16

Verse 1

Do you wanna make out

Both of my roommates are gone for the weekend

& there’s a bottle of Crown

I didn’t buy it but they didn’t hide it

So let’s just drink it

Let’s move the love seat and blow these speakers out

Chorus

29 going on 16 listening to old Blink

Still trying to keep my room clean

Cruising up and down main street curfew is in 30

Trying to get you in the backseat

Crashed the party but I still don’t know why

 Graduated but I still drink Busch light

Gauge is broken & it’s stuck on empty

Twenty-nine, twenty-nine going on sixteen

Verse 2

I’ve got some cassettes with no way to play em

But I wouldn’t trade em

& I smoke way less now that nobody knows

If I do or I don’t guess that’s just how it goes

Is it still sneaking out if no one cares

Bridge

Oh I won’t grow up

Oh I won’t grow out of being

Believin'

Verse 1

The thing about believin’ is that it’s harder in the dark

It can lead you like a beacon or it can harden your heart

It can save you when you need it or run away when it’s mistreated

And if you try to force-feed it turns sour when it’s eaten

Pre-Chorus

1- It’s a cure and a disease yeah

2- It’s conviction and it’s doubt

Chorus

Believin’

Oh oh oh

Oh oh oh oh oh

Verse 2

The thing about listenin’ is knowin’ when to start

Any fool knows when to quit it yeah that’s the easy part

There’s a difference between silence and hearing someone out

Between just waiting on your turn and knowing what they’re talking about

Bridge

The next time you’re thinkin’ that an argument is needed

Just remember no one ever listens when they’re bleedin’

Just An Opinion

Verse 1

How do sober people fall asleep

& What do skinny people even eat

How did all these couples ever meet

I’m just askin’ for a friend

I live around the corner from my gym

It’s close enough that I could walk to it

I mean I drive it every time I’ve ever been

But it’s nice to have the option

Chorus

Beautiful is just an opinion

Some nights stayin’ alive is a win

Get up or give up or shake up or shut up

But wake up and do it again

Beautiful is just an opinion

Verse 2

Every time I find myself alone

I always end up staring at my phone

Chasin’ my depression with a shot of second guessin’ 

And it’s getting old

Bridge

All of the glory’s in the start & finish

Most of what matters is the middle distance

Cloud of Dust

Verse 1

Strangers give me twenty-dollar bills for my long drives

Friends just give me Adderall so I arrive alive

Former or the latter, I appreciate the help

Cause my car don’t run on 

Pharmaceuticals and I drive myself

Chorus

I gotta hit the road, get the lead out

Tiny piles of money at the end of long routes

When I’m home, don’t you fall in love

Cause just when you need me

I’m a cloud of dust

Verse 2

I ain’t held a job down since late ‘14

Slingin pizza twice a day and writing in between

Up all night with alcohol my friends and my guitar

My girlfriend in my bed alone just wondering where things are

Bridge

Oh the finish line keeps changing

Every time that I get close

I never reach my destination

I just get to where I go

New Hometown

Verse 1

I don’t know how you did it

You got all my attention

Every single direction leads to you

I don’t know how to say ‘em

There’s three words that I’m thinkin’

There’ only so much waiting I can do 

Chorus

I just wanna pick you up spin you all around

Never hold you back never put you down

Kiss your bottom lip while you steal my crown

Honey you & me, we’re my new hometown

Baby you & me we’re my new hometown

Verse 2

Gotta say what I’m feeling

I know we had a deal but

I’d rather break a promise than a heart

First I can remember

I’m thinkin’ bout forever

It’s getting’ hard to breathe when we’re apart

Bridge

I got your grandmother’s diamond ring

I asked your parents & everything

Burn It Out

Verse 1

There I go again I’m talkin’ way too much

Not a word can get in edge-wise

I hope that no one thinks I’m fine the way I am

It’s just that silence never sits right

There I go again, I’m talkin’ out my ass

& disappointed no one’s takin’ me to task

Pre-Chorus

Cause I can’t slow it down

& I can’t hold it back

Chorus

Cause you can’t build a house on a rolling stone

Everybody’s glad when I come and I go

In between they’re pissed I’m bad with names

You can’t fight a fire with a rolled up hose

& I’ve never been to half the places I go, 49 of 50 states

But if the creek don’t rise & the world’s still round

I’m gonna heat it up until I burn it out

Verse 2

I can’t help wonderin’ if I’m wired all wrong

I’ve been in almost 40 weddings

I’ve stained my cummerbund with alligator tears

I’m gettin’ too good at pretending

 There I go again just pushing it too hard

There’s something challenging about an open bar

Bridge

I can see myself a husband with a daughter

I can see myself a lush who dies alone

In between em both’s my mother & my father

Beggin’ me to pick a road

Finally Find It

Verse 1

Stayin’ at home second night in a row

But that party’s a go and you already know I’m

Checking my phone there’s a girl that I know 

And if she’s goin’ I’m showin’ yeah

Pre-Chorus

1) I’ll just stand in the corner til the beat feels right

Waitin’ on somethin’ makes me wanna dance all night yeah

2) & We can stand in the corner til our drink’s just ice

I’ve been looking for someone like you for a long time

Chorus

Oh oh when I finally find it/her

Oh oh when I finally find it/her

Oh oh when I find it I’m free

Oh oh when I finally find it/her

Oh oh when I finally find it/her

Oh oh when I find it I’m free

Baby

Verse 2

Now that I’m loose there’s a pitcher of youth

& I’ma pour a couple tall ones yeah

And head over to you, I got something to prove 

Cause I don’t even have your number yet

Bridge

I don’t care who leads baby

Long as you’re with me yeah

Can I take your hand cause

I think it’s time we danced