Lyrics in this section:
A Little Right Now
A Lotta Shouldn't Oughta
Doesn't Love Me (coming soon)
Don't Cry Long
I'm a farmer, praying for rain
I'm a gambler, who needs an ace of spades
I'm a sailor, hoping for a gust of wind
I'm a singer, looking for that song
I'm a prisoner, that ain't got long
I'm a dreamer waiting for my ship to come in
But lately all my roads have been running out
And there ain't no silver linings in these clouds
Help me Lord and show me how
To find the kind of faith that I once found
'Cause I can sure use a little right now
I'm a beggar, who could use some help
I'm a seeker, searching for myself
I'm a rolling stone, just waiting on a friend
I'm a lover, wishing on a star
For another with a broken heart
To hold each other close until the end
But lately all my roads have been running out
And there ain't no silver linings in these clouds
Help me Lord and show me how
To find the kind of faith that I once found
'Cause I can sure use a little right now
Just a little right now, hey
'Cause lately all my roads have been running out
And there ain't no silver linings in these clouds
Help me Lord and show me how
To find the kind of faith that I once found
'Cause I can sure use a little right now
Just a little right now
Written by: Charles Esten, Brian Maher and Jacob Lyda
Released; 4/28/23
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A long, damn time ago when I was a kid
I used to get in trouble for the things I did
And the things I'd say, and the bed I'd lay
And I'd pray for the day I'd be grown
'Cause that way I could do what I want
Never came true
'Cause everybody still tell me
This grown, ass man, what he can't do
You shouldn't oughta drink
You shouldn't oughta smoke
You shouldn't oughta tell that kind of joke
You shouldn't oughta this
You shouldn't oughta that
You shouldn't need to think it as a matter of fact
You shouldn't oughta drive this big, old truck
I shouldn't oughta tell to ya', but your rules all suck
I don't wanna, but I gotta
That's a lotta, shouldn't 'oughta
Excuse my mood, I ain't a rude dude
And I don't want my attitude misconstrued
But why you gotta tell me how I gotta behave?
It's the land of the free, and the home of the brave
At least it used to be where I come from
And freedom ain't a freedom
'Less you're freedom means you're free to be dumb
Here they come
You shouldn't oughta drink
You shouldn't oughta smoke
You shouldn't oughta tell that kind of joke
You shouldn't oughta this
You shouldn't oughta that
You shouldn't need to think it as a matter of fact
You shouldn't oughta drive this big, old truck
I shouldn't oughta tell to ya', but your rooms all suck
I don't wanna, but I gotta
That's a lotta, shouldn't 'oughta
Oh, you shouldn't oughta drink
You shouldn't oughta smoke
You shouldn't oughta tell that kind of joke
You shouldn't oughta this
And you shouldn't oughta that
You shouldn't need to think it as a matter of fact
You shouldn't oughta drive this big, old truck
I shouldn't know to tell to ya', but your rules all suck
I don't wanna, but I gotta
That's a lotta, shouldn't 'oughta
What's a loud man, not a
That's a lotta, shouldn't 'oughta
Never mind
Written by: Charles Esten and Steve Mandile
Released: 4/7/17
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Baby, we've been working
Doing that nine to five
But what's the use to making a living
If we don't feel alive?
I saw a beat up ragtop
In a lot on the side of town
Maybe we should trade my truck
Get a song turned up, get the ragtop down
Don't overthink it
Girl, let's just go
Honey, all we'll need is
You, and me, and a road, and a radio
Into that great wide open
Onto that thunder road
On a dark, desert highway
Just a road, and a radio
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
Oh, oh, oh, oh
Let's go
Baby, you can pick the station
Honey, you can take the wheel
Ain't about the destination
It's about the way we feel
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Oh, oh, oh, oh
Oh, oh, oh, oh
Oh, oh, oh
Let's go
Don't overthink it
Girl, let's just go
Honey, all we'll need is
You, and me, and a road, and a radio
Into that great wide open
Onto that thunder road
On a dark, desert highway
Just a road, and a radio
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
Oh, oh, oh, oh
Let's go
This life is flying by
Let's put that car in drive
You can be ride-or-die
Singing all night on a highway high
Don't overthink it
Girl, let's just go
Honey, all we'll need is
You, and me, and a road, and a radio
Into that great wide open
Onto that thunder road
On a dark, desert highway
Just a road, and a radio
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
Oh, oh, oh, oh
Let's go
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
Oh, oh, oh, oh
Let's go
(Just a road, and a radio)
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
Oh, oh, oh, oh
Let's go
Written by: Charles Esten and J.T. Harding
Released; 10/11/19
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We need to talk
Is what she said
So I sat down
Sat her on the bed
I could tell that she'd been crying
Soon I would be too
She said "Baby, I been trying
And you don't know what to do
'Cause that thing you felt before
I don't feel it anymore"
And I said "Hey, hey
Give it time, I know we'll find a way, hey
Could get it good again if you just stay"
She said "Okay"
But she's already gone, already gone away
So here we are
Trying to find our way back to the start
Trying to find my way back in her heart
Struggling, and stumbling in the dark
When it falls apart
And I say "Hey, hey
Give it time, I know we'll find a way, hey
Could get it good again if you just stay"
She said "Okay"
But she's already gone, already gone away
If I love her, I'd say let her go
I can't ever seem to let 'em go
So she stays, and she tries
And when I see it in her eyes
I say "Hey, hey
Give it time, I know we'll find a way, hey
Could get it good again if you just stay"
She said "Okay"
But she's already gone, already gone away
I say "Hey, hey
All the plans and promises we made
They'll come to for me, and you someday"
She said "Okay"
But she's already gone, already gone away
Written by: Charles Esten and Owen Danoff
Released: 9/16/16
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Out in the front yard with my grandpa
Said, Boy let me tell you this life flies by
That’s for damn sure
When I started working I was just eighteen
There is whole lotta World that I ain’t seen
I never did that much
Never went that far
Should have put more miles on my beat up car
Should have rolled those dice just a time or two
But I never did it so I am here and telling you
You gotta live life large cause it won’t last long
Baby Kid Teen Man Old Man Gone
So I listened
Man I miss him
He lives on
That man ain’t gone
No he isn’t
Cause he is with me everywhere I go
Every brand new city
Every sold out show
Every new sunrise
Every sweet sunset
And we’re gonna keep going cause we ain’t done yet
Gonna live life large cause it won’t last long
Baby Kid Teen Man Old Man Gone
Out in the back yard with my grandma
She said, he’d be proud how you live life large you’ve gone so far
But there is one thing that you gotta get
That your granddaddy had but you ain’t have yet
You gotta find someone who will love you true
You gotta find somebody you can tell it all to
Maybe your grandson will pass it all along
Baby Kid Teen Man Old Man Gone
Baby Kid Teen Man Old Man Gone
Baby Kid Teen Man Old Man Gone
Baby Kid Teen Man Old Man Gone
Baby Kid Teen Man Old Man Gone
Old man gone
Yeah old man gone
Old man
Baby Kid Teen Man Old Man Gone
Written by: Charles Esten
Released: March 2020
Buy the C2C 2020: Special Acoustic collection here
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I see you dancing around me
Like you've got something to prove
Stone cold stunned, it makes me wonder what you're gonna do
You say the party is ending
You still wanna have fun
Baby, just believe me when I tell you that it's just begun
Uh uh
So climb on in beside me
If you think you want my love
It's a long hard love on the road, and it might get rough
You better buckle up
Buckle up
You like to think you're the wild one
A cougar too cool to catch
Baby, call me crazy, but I betcha' that you met your match
That's a fact
So climb on in beside me
If you think you want my love
It's a long hard love on the road, and it might get rough
You better buckle up
Buckle up
So climb on in beside me
Come and get your love
It's a long hard love on the road, and it might get rough
B-b-b-buckle up
B-b-b-buckle up
You better buckle up
You better buckle on up, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Written by: Charles Esten and Mark Collie
Released: 1/5/17
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You say you'll love me forever
But you can't stay with me tonight
You say you wanna be my lover
But the moment isn't right
And there's no one in the wide world
Makes you feel the way I do
And I'll always be your first love
Even though there's someone new
Well that cold, cold comfort
Doesn't make it any better
It's cold comfort when you tell me that you love me
But you know we can't be together
You say we're meant for each other
As you pack your things to leave
That's cold, cold comfort
That's cold comfort to me
You say the best you ever had
Was in my loving arms
But to carry on much longer
Would only do us harm
Maybe we could make it work
If we only had more time
We might find another chance, share another dance
Somewhere down the line
Well that cold, cold comfort
It doesn't make it any better
It's cold comfort when you tell me that you love me
But you know we can't be together
You say we're meant for each other
As you pack your things to leave
That's cold, cold comfort
That's cold comfort to me
Yeah, that's cold, cold comfort
It doesn't make it any better
It's cold comfort when you tell me that you love me
But you know we can't be together
You say we're meant for each other
As you pack your things to leave
That's cold, cold comfort
That's cold comfort to me
Yeah, that's cold, cold comfort
That's cold comfort to me
Written by: Charles Esten and Gary Nicholson
Released: 4/14/17
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The broken, confused
The hurting, the used
The hungry, the angry, the numb
The weeping, the weary, come to the table
To the table
Come
The lonely, the poor
The frightened, the weak, and unsure
The helpless, the hopeless, the lost, and alone
Ejected, and jaded, and worn to the bone
Come home
To the table
To the table
Come
Come
The faithless with nothing, the doubt
The drawn in, too tired to shout
The fires that burned themselves out
Come to the table
Come to the table
Come to the table
Come to the table
Come to the table
Come to the table, to the table
To the table
To the table
To the table
Come to the table
Come to the table
Written by: Charles Esten, Catt Gravitt and Gerald O’Brien
Released: 11/18/16
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Silverwear on the champagne glass
They call our name
DJ playing that old song
By Eddie James
All the lights down low
On the hotel banquet hall
But we were shining like diamonds
Underneath that mirror ball
Surrounded by everybody we knew
But all we saw was me and you
Pretty soon that whole room was ours
When we were dancing all around it
Lost in each other for so long
We didn't know this [?]
We kept holding on
Even though the song was gone
It's all right there in the photo album
That we made
I guess pictures aren't the only things
That fade
I wish we could've stayed forever
And owned that floor
But we're not the people in those pictures
Anymore
We'd say "I love you"
And kiss goodnight
And we act like everything's alright
As we both try to hide what we don't feel
We're always dancing all around it
Losing each other for so long
We didn't know this [?]
So we keep holding on
Even though the song is gone
Neither one of us wants to be the one to let go
Neither one of us wants to say what we both know
So we keep dancing all around it
Losing each other for so long
Tried to remember how it once found you
We keep holding on, holding on
Holding on
Written by: Charles Esten and Steve Mandile
Released: 3/31/17
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I got a call from old grandpappy
He could tell there was something wrong
He said the city don't stow your happy
My little hillbilly been gone too long
You been missing that big, green mountain
You been missing that big, blue sky
Get yourself back home to your kin, now
You can get across, 'cause the creek ain't high
You'd be fine back in the middle of the woods
Sipping wine, song on a fiddle
Get a little bit of it to do you good
Tried to tell him that I just couldn't make it
Too busy, and I can't break free
You said you're getting too big for your bridges, but
You ain't too big to put across my knee
So here I am in the car with my girl, now
Gonna show her some country fun
She said "Hey, can I bring my cell phone?"
Baby, you can bring it, but it won't work none
You'd be fine back in the middle of the woods
Sipping homemade wine, hearing that fiddle
Get a little bit of it to do you good
Get a little bit of it to do you good
Written by: Charles Esten and Andrew Rollins
Released: 8/12/16
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Doesn’t Love Me
COMING SOON
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When I was just a little boy
My family got some news
And I felt like it would tear my world apart
Grandma found me in my room
Crying, and confused
She held me closer, and pulled me to her heart
She said "It's gonna be okay
Just remember what I say
You can cry, but don't cry long
Honey, I need you to be strong
He don't give us more than we can carry
So we must carry on
You can cry, but don't cry long
I see that tears you're fighting
I know the pain you feel
Sometimes life is hard to understand
But if you look inside yourself
Your strength will be revealed
And while you do, I'm here to hold your hand
Yes, it's gonna be okay
Just remember what I say
You can cry, but don't cry long
Honey, I need you to be strong
He don't give us more than we can carry
So we must carry on
You can cry, but don't cry long
You can cry, but don't cry long
Honey, I need you to be strong
He won't give us more than we can carry
So we must carry on
You can cry, but don't cry long
Written by: Charles Esten, Andrew Rollins, Blue Foley, Rebecca Lynn Howard
Released: 10/21/16
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It's 5 o'clock
And there's a place around the block from here
Where you can drown all your troubles
In singles and doubles, back karaoke, and beer
It ain't no Taj Mahal
It's just a little hole in the wall
But there's something about it that keeps the place crowded
It sure ain't the food they put down
It's liquor and laughter, and love we're all after
And why we keep hanging around
Down at the lost and found
You'll know it's true
Right from the minute you walk through the door
We all been broken and lonely
But, here we all know we ain't alone anymore
And there's something about it that keeps the place crowded
It sure ain't the food they put down
It's liquor and laughter, and love we're all after
And why we keep hanging around
Down at the lost and found
It ain't no Taj Mahal
It's just a little hole in the wall
In a mini mall
Something about it keeps the place crowded
It sure ain't the food they put down
It's liquor and laughter, and love we're all after
And why we keep hanging around
Down at the lost and found
Down at the lost and found
Come on down, come on down, come on down
To the lost and found
Written by: Charles Esten, Jane Bach and Billy Lee
Released: 7/22/16
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Down Memory Lane (with N'est Pas)
Yesterday
It never really went away
It's a face I see before me
Yeah it's you
We're older now
But we're really not somehow
With a beer or two to guide us
To the younger us inside us
And the past we thought would last
Turn the amps ud.
Play it loud
Let the bass notes hit the crowd
All the shows we played before
Now we get to play one more
'For we're out there on our won again
'Cause you can visit
But you can't remain
Down Memory lane
This guitar is older than my children are
And my jobs means I don't play it much no more
But this whole scene is looking like a time machine
The Delorean is reving
Set the clock to '87
Turn the amps ud.
Play it loud
Let the bass notes hit the crowd
All the shows we played before
Sing the songs wesang before
When the beer flowed on the floor
'Til our speakers are all blown again
Yeah we might get a little bit insane
Down memory lane
Side by side for more ride
Turn the amps ud.
Play it loud
Let the bass notes hit the crowd
All the shows we played before
Now we get to play one more
'For we're out there on our won again
'Cause you can visit
But you can't remain
Down memory lane
Down memory lane
Down memory lane
Down memory lane
Written by: Charles Esten
Released on 10/21/23
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Down the Road (feat. Eric Pasley)
Hey hey, hey hey
I know you wanna turn back
I can see it in your eyes
Doubt creeps in and a good dream dies
You wanna throw your hands up
And you wanna walk away
Hey somedays you’re gonna feel that way
Hey!
Don’t give up baby don’t let go
You got a hand too good to fold fold
The story ain’t over it’s yet to be told
Hold on cause you don’t know
What’s waitin’ for you down the road
What’s waitin’ for you down the road
It’s hard to hold your head up
When your hopes all gone
Just hold tight we’re alright
It’s just the dark right before dawn
Yeah, oh, oh!
Don’t give up baby don’t let go
You got a hand too good to fold
The story ain’t over it’s yet to be told
Hold on cause you don’t know
What’s waitin’ for you down the road
What’s waitin’ for you down the road
When the stars won’t align
And the river won’t flow
And the sun don’t shine
And the rock don’t roll
You gotta stand your ground
Shake your fist
Show whole world you were born for this
Hey!
Don’t give up baby don’t let go
You got a hand too good to fold
The story ain’t over it’s yet to be told
Hold on cause you don’t know
What’s waitin’ you down the road
What’s waitin’ you down the road
Hey hey, hey hey!
Written by: Charles Esten, Eric Pasley and Dylan Altman
Released: 8/11/23
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Workin', grindin' - same old song
Dreamin' about you all day long
Home at last alone with you
You ask me what I wanna do.
I wanna take your hand
I wanna slowly dance back to our room
And honey, when our dance is through
I wanna dream with you
Southern sunlight in your hair
Beside you in the sand somewhere
Salty sweet tequila kiss.
Starts out warm and it end like this
I'm gonna take your hand
We're gonna slowly dance
Back to our room
And honey, when our dance is through
I wanna dream with you
I wanna dream with you
All spooned up tight in the middle of the night
Moon lightning in the window
Dream with you
Our bodies entwined ‘til we find we just drift away
Where the sweet wine flows
And our troubles won't grow
By an ocean that's oh so blue
'Til all our dream come true
I wanna dream with you
Southern sunlight
In your hair
Beside you in the sand somewhere
Written by: Charles Esten and Mark Collie