Lyrics in this section:
Make Up Your Mind
Make You Happy
My Out of the Blue
On the Road to Bethlehem
One Good Move
One More Time
Pour Four More Por Favor
Pretend It Isn't Here
Prisoner
Same Damn Road
Scars
So I Cry
Sounds Like Love
Somewhere in the Sunshine
Spin the Wheel
Still Letting Her Go
Sweet Summer Saturday Night
You want me sweet
You want me kind
You want a bad boy to make up your mind
You want some class
Roses, and wine
You want a hard-drinking, bottle-clinking hell of a time
You got me jumping through roofs
So I just wanted to see
If you could do one thing for me
Make up your mind
'Fore I lose mine
Tryna' figure out what you want half of time
I wanna know
What you all about
But can you help a brother out?
Make up your mind
Sometimes you laugh
And then you cry
From sad to happy in a blink of an eye
Sometimes you're soft
A butterfly
Then you're an untamed tiger 'bout to eat me alive
You got me chasing my tail
Got me pulling my hair
Baby, if you really care
Make up your mind
'Fore I lose mine
Tryna' figure out what you want, half of the time
I wanna know
What you all about
But can you help a brother out?
Make up your mind
Honey, I'm not going nowhere
I’m here's for the long haul
But doggone it alle
Make up your mind
Make up your mind
Yeah, make up your mind
'Fore I lose mine
Tryna' figure out what you want, half of the time
What you all about
But can you help a brother out?
Written by: Charles Esten and Victoria Shaw
Released on: 10/7/16
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Don't wanna make a million
Don't wanna make a scene
Don't wanna make no headlines
Or the cover of a magazine
Don't wanna make no trouble
Don't wanna make no fuss
Don't wanna make a big damn deal of the way I feel about you
Girl I just
Wanna make you happy
Wanna make you smile
I wanna make you weak in the knees for a little while
I wanna make you miss me
Every minute I'm gone
Girl there's only one thing that I want
I wanna make you happy
Wanna make you happy
All you do
Is walk in the room
You make my heartbeat fast
Yeah you make it go boom boom boom
You make my days
And every one of my nights
Yeah you make me feel alive
Oh that's why baby I
Wanna make you happy
Wanna make you smile
I wanna make you weak in the knees for a little while
I wanna make you miss me
Every minute I'm gone
Girl there's only one thing that I want
I wanna make you happy
Wanna make you happy
Wanna make you happy
Wanna make you smile
I wanna make you weak in the knees for a little while
I wanna make you miss me
Every minute I'm gone
Girl there's only one thing that I want
Baby I wanna make you happy
I wanna make you happy
I wanna make you happy
I just wanna make you happy
Happy
Written by: Charles Esten, Gary Burr & Jon D'Agostino
Released on: 1/5/24
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Your shades are head-drawn
The hope I let go
The peace, I was sure
That I never know
The dark whiskey streams
I poured on the dreams
That never came true
My out of the blue
My into the light
My everything's wrong for so long
Is my, now it's all right
When I fall
That God had forgot
To pull this boy through
He sent me you
My out of the blue
It's hard to believe
It's hard to take in
This where I am now
From where I have been
Oh, that lonely song
Was all that I knew
My out of the blue
My into the light
My everything's wrong for so long
Is my, now it's all right
When I fall
That God had forgot
To pull this boy through
He sent me you
My out of the blue
My everything's always brand new
My I don't deserve
I can't find the words
My what would I be
Without you
My out of the blue
My into the light
My everything's wrong for so long
Is my, now it's all right
When I fall
That God had forgot
To pull this boy through
He sent me you
My out of the blue
My out of the blue
Written by: Charles Esten and Jeffrey Steele
Released on: 2/10/17
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On the road to Bethlehem
She's with child, and I'm with them
Trouble waits 'round every bend
On the road to Bethlehem
When she told me, I couldn't believe
Until an angel appeared to me
And told me things I still can't comprehend
Out on this road to Bethlehem
Soon I'll find her a soft, warm bed
Somewhere safe to lay her head
Just a few more miles 'til then
On this road to Bethlehem
There's a king somewhere in Rome
He puts us out here, but he don't know
The king of kings, whom heaven has sent
Is on this road to Bethlehem
Soon I'll find him a soft, warm bed
Somewhere safe to lay his head
Just a few more miles 'til then
On this road to Bethlehem
So one more prayer, one more amen
On this road to Bethlehem
Written by: Charles Esten and Mark Collie
Released on: 12/10/19
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How did I get here
It's not too good
This story isn't ending like I thought it would
Sun through the windows
You're all I see
I'm like a million miles from where I used to be
Yeah, you remember me
If there was trouble to get into, I was getting into it
If there was something that I shouldn't do, you know I would do it
I was young, I was dumb, I was always on the run
Messed it up all the ones
'Cause when I looked at you
I seen my one good move
Yeah, you're my one good move
I look behind me, all I see is a fool
Aw, but I gotta give him credit
He walked away with you
I guess I knew a thing or two
If there was trouble to get into, I was getting into it
If there was something that I shouldn't do, you know I would do it
I was young, I was dumb, I was always on the run
Messed it up all the ones
'Cause when I look at you
I see my one good move
Yeah, you're my one good move, whoa
I grew in for a kiss
Yeah, it started out like this
I got down on one knee
'Cause you're all I'll ever need
Girl, you're always gonna be
My one good move
Yeah, you're my one good move
If there was trouble to get into, I was getting into it
If there was something that I shouldn't do, you know I would do it
I was young, I was dumb, I was always on the run
Messed it up all the ones
'Cause when I look at you
I see my one good move
Yeah, you're my one good move
Yeah, you're my one good move
Yeah, you're my one good move
Written by: Charles Esten, Samantha Backoff, Zarni Dewet and Elise Hayes
Released on: 3/3/23
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Set 'em up
I knock 'em back
She's good to leave, and I'm good to drinking Jack
Turn it up
Make it loud
I'm so lonely, I'd make Hank proud
But this next shot might cure this heart of mine
So hit me one more time
One more time
Gonna buy
Another round
They say hope flows, I hope pain drowns
Here's a card
Run a tap
Pour me some more than call me a yellow cab
'Cause I won't see her face if I go blind
Hit me one more time
One more time
Yeah
Called her up
Just to say
This kind of love don't know how to go away
Now that she is
In the door
She's crying my name out loud on the dance floor
And here I go, I must've lost my mind
Help me one more time
One more time
Just one more time
Help me, baby, one more time
Yeah, yeah
One more time for you to love, and leave me
One more time 'cause I already seen me
One more time, you know it's gonna kill me
It's gonna thrill me
One more, one more
One more, one more
One more, one more
Written by: Charles Esten
Released on: 12/12/16
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Pour four more, por favor
Just like the four you poured before
My girl's gone, and I don't wanna miss her anymore
So pour four more, por favor
My baby left me, so I took some advice
Now I'm doing my best to get less depressed in this [?] polka paradise
Sitting here at this seaside bar
I need a margarita, had four so far
I should be good by now
But her goodbye still hurts somehow
So pour four more, por favor
Just like the four you poured before
My girl's gone, and I don't wanna miss her anymore
Pour four more, por favor
(Uno, dos, tres, cuatro)
No más bartender, I'm finally feeling fine
Thanks to your blender, and all of these amigos of mine
Doing much better than when I came
I can't hardly remember her name
Or the way she laughed, or the way she smiled...
Or the way she loved me for a while...
Doggonit...
Pour four more, por favor
Just like the four you poured before, that’s it
My girl's gone, and I don't wanna miss her anymore
So pour four more, por favor
Come on, everybody
Pour four more, por favor
Just like the four you poured before, that's it
My girl's gone, and I don't wanna miss her anymore
So pour four more, por favor
Why don't you pour four more, por favor?
Please, won't you pour four more, por favor?
Written by: Charles Esten and Steve Mandile
Released on: 4/27/17
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Well, it's almost been forever
And we been playing it this way
Feeling things we must never
Ever feel, or ever say
It's so powerful what hovers
Here between us in the air
When you are taken by another
So you pretend it isn't there
And I feel the toll that it's taking
Waiting for what you can't give
Deep inside me something's breaking
What a lonely way to live
And it's been there since I found you
All this beauty and despair
But just so I can stay around you
I pretend it isn't there
And you're not wanting me
And you're not haunting me
And it's not still in me
This thing that's killing me
And my heart will be fine
And you will be...
Love continues to reward us
With all the pain that we can bear
And though the end is rushing toward us
We pretend it isn't there
Written by: Charles Esten and Steve Mandile
Released on: 2/24/17
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Well I, can't recall just how long it's been
Since I, seen the sun from this place I'm in
It just, rose together on this time I've served
But I, guess I got just what I deserved
'Cause, I picked you, you picked me
Way back, when this was s'posed to be
Now it, hurts to think just how good it was
'Cause it, ain't no more, I'm just here too
'Cause I'm a prisoner, and I got no hope
Got me dangling at the end of my rope
I'm a prisoner, and I can't break free
This love's got a hold on me
On me
Well I, walked that line up un-til I fell
Now I'm, killing time here in-side this cell
It's just, one more mark on that concrete wall
It's getting harder just to count them all, baby
Once or twice, I got out, but then I
Found myself walking right back in
I could, stay away if I wanted to
God, I wish I wanted to
I'm a prisoner, and I got no hope
Got me dangling at the end of my rope
I'm a prisoner, and I can't break free
This love's got a hold on me
On me
I'm a prisoner, and I got no hope
Got me dangling at the end of my rope
I'm a prisoner, and I can't break free
This love's got a hold on me
I'm a prisoner, and I got no hope
Got me dangling at the end of my rope
I'm a prisoner, and I can't break free
This love's got a hold on me
(I'm a prisoner, and I got no hope)
(Got me dangling at the end of my rope)
(I'm a prisoner, and I can't break free)
(This love's got a hold on me)
Written by: Charles Esten and Ashley Cambell
Released by: 5/5/17
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Ran right by the house I grew up in
Right through the town I knew I was stuck in
Took mama to church, and me to the high school
Daddy to work, and then to a bar stool
There was a stretch, a Chevy [?]
Gave us a Gravol, shoulder to cry on
I found you, girl, and that I let you go
On the same damn road
The same two lanes that let me leave
Are 'bout to bring you back to me
I got out, but I want back in
A prim baby, I could be your baby again
And these four wheels that got me gone
Will turn around, drive all night long
I got lost, but I know my way back home
It's the same damn road
Flattened dust to [?]
One-way ticket, and this boy took it
Mama cried, daddy drank
She filled my belly, he filled my tank
Crossed my heart on the railroad track
Swore to God, I wasn't coming back
But, oh, I guess you never know
'Cause the same two lanes that let me leave
Are 'bout to bring you back to me
I got out, but I want back in
A prim baby, I could be your baby again
And these four wheels that got me gone
Will turn around, drive all night long
I got lost, but I know my way back home
It's the same damn road
I was born to run
So here I come
On the same two lanes that let me leave
Are 'bout to bring you back to me
I got out, but I want back in
A prim baby, I could be your baby again
And these four wheels that got me gone
Could turn around, drive all night long
I got lost, but I know my way back home
And there's the sign, just two more miles to go
On the same damn road
It's the same damn road
Written by: Charles Esten, Brad Warren and Brett Warren
Released on: 7/29/16
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Bobby rode that bar stool
And every night he'd start of with a smile
He'd tell a joke he'd told before
Just sit there laughing for a while
But when it got close to closing
We'd have to call a cab and take his keys
'Cause he'd be crying out "I'm sorry"
To someone only he could see
Scars, we all hide
What we bury, and then carry
Deep inside
Makes life hard
We all have our scars
Doorbell rang at midnight
Carol stood there crying at the door
In her nightgown with a suitcase
Saying "I just couldn't take it anymore"
We stayed up all night talking
'Bout all the pain, and heartache that she sang
Then she said "What is it about me
That I only choose that ones who treat me "meh"?"
Scars, we all hide
What we bury, and then carry
Deep inside
Makes life hard
We all have our scars
Sometimes all it takes
Is some faded photograph of my old man
And I'm right back in that struggle
And I may never understand
Scars, we don't show
What we bury, and then carry
Down the road
Makes life hard
We all have our scars
Makes life hard
We all have our scars
Written by: Charles Esten and Gary Nicholson
Released on: 11/11/16
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I still hear the whistle
But there ain't no train
She's like the needle
Stuck in my vein
She said "I forget 'em"
She said "I'd be fine"
The day that I let 'er
Stop being mine
But I cry, whoo-hoo
Whoohoo
Whoohoo
This is rock bottom
I miss the high
So I cry
I still get up early
Make coffee, get dressed
Still punch the clock
I'm doing my best
And when Friday night comes around
I go downtown, and drown in Crown
'Til they drive me home
Then the door slams behind me
I'm not alone
And I cry
Yes, I cry
My god
Life told me nothing since she said goodbye
So I cry
Whoohoo
Whoohoo
Whoohoo
Life don't mean nothing since she said goodbye
So I cry
Written by: Charles Esten, Brian Loschiavo and Andrew Rollins
Released on: 3/17/17
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You should see this place
It’s beautiful
It’s every place we ever tried to find
It’s got a mountain view
You can see the ocean too
I guess that’s why they call it paradise
So don’t you cry for me cause I’m just fine
I’m somewhere in the sunshine
Soaking up a blue sky
While the river rolls by
I’m smiling on the bank
No more pain, finally free
I’m right where I’m meant to be
No I ain’t beneath that Georgia pine
I’m somewhere in the sunshine
It’s know been hard on you
And He knows it , too
Cause He hears every word you ever pray
And every tear running down
And every single doubt
When you get here He wipes them all away
And I’ll be waiting on you til that day
Somewhere in the sunshine
Soaking up a blue sky
While the river rolls by
I’m smiling on the bank
No more pain, finally free
I’m right where I am meant to be
No I ain’t there beneath that Georgia pine
Somewhere in the sunshine
Somewhere in the sunshine
So don’t worry, be happy
I’m finally home
I’m waiting, I’m with you
You’re never alone
And days when, you miss me
And the lonely just aches
Close your eyes, (close your eyes) whispered
Lift your head
Feel the sun on your face
Somewhere in the sunshine
Somewhere in the sunshine
Yeah I'm somewhere in the sunshine
Somewhere in the sunshine
Somewhere in the sunshine
Soaking up a blue sky
While the river rolls by
Smiling on the bank
Written by: Charles Esten & Jon Nite
Released on: 10/6/23
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There's a certain something your voice
When you whisper in my ear so soft, so sweet
And the way you say my name, babe
And when you pull me in's got me falling at your feet
It sounds like love
It sounds like love to me
Like an open door
Rolling wild, and free
You got my heart humming along to a blue sky melody
It sounds like love to me
I'd never been the kind of man
Who had too much to say 'til now to you
Now strangers hear about you
I go on, and on for days 'til I'm done, when I'm through
They say it sounds like love
It sounds like love to me
Like an open door
Rolling wild, and free
You got my heart humming along to a blue sky melody
Sounds like love to me
And everywhere I go
And every song I know reminds me of you
And every time we meet
I hear my heart beat inside me
Yes, I do
And it sounds like love
It sounds like love to me
Like an open door
It's rolling wild, and free
You got my heart humming along to a blue sky melody
Sounds like love to me
Sounds like love to me
Yes, it sounds like love to me
To me
Written by: Charles Esten and Brad Tursi
Released on: 1/20/17
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I like a road that I ain't traveled
I like a town I ain't seen yet
Take another long shot gamble
Throw down the money, and place my bet
I'm gonna spin the wheel, and roll the dice
Cut the cards, deal 'em aces high
Lady Luck be mine tonight
Gonna spin the wheel, and roll the dice
You got a face, what you're afraid of?
You got your fears, and I got mine
We only find out what we're made of
When it's all out on the line
You gotta spin the wheel, and roll the dice
Cut the cards, deal 'em aces high
Lady Luck be mine tonight
I'm gonna spin the wheel, and roll the dice
Spin the wheel
Yeah
Shooting stars, four-leaf clovers
I believe in dreams come true
And, girl, before this night is over
I'm gonna bet it all on you
We gonna spin the wheel, and roll the dice
Cut the cards, deal 'em aces high
Lady Luck be mine tonight
Gonna spin the wheel, and roll the dice
Spin the wheel, and roll the dice
Cut the cards, deal 'em aces high
Lady Luck be mine tonight
Gonna spin the wheel, and roll the dice
Spin the wheel
Yeah
Written by: Charles Esten and Mark Collie
Released by: 8/26/16
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Every morning, when I rise I
Think about her, I open my eyes
When I look beside me
She's still gone
And every day feels like the first
Little bit better, little bit worse
Like an old freight train
This pain keeps going on
They said "time will heal these wounds, I pray it will"
But lately it just seems to be standing still
She's not here, it's all I know
She couldn't stay
And I'm still letting her go
We would laugh until we cried
Just sit silent, side by side
Never thought that I'd
Be alone
Now she's gone, and gone for good
And I'm here thinking how I would've
Held on so much tighter
If I'd known
They said "time will heal these wounds, I pray it will"
But lately it just seems to be standing still
She's not here, it's all I know
She couldn't stay
And I'm still letting her go
They said "time will heal these wounds, I pray it will"
Oh, but lately it just seems to be standing still
She's not here, it's all I know
She couldn't stay
And I'm still letting her go
She couldn't stay
And I'm still letting her go
Written by: Charles Esten and Tofer Brown
Released on: 4/21/17
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Back when I saw you
Walkin' on the water
Sippin' on Michelob Light
She looked right at me
Ooh, she knew she had me
That sweet summer Saturday
Sweet summer Saturday night
Ah-ah Ah-ah Ah-ah
Saturday night
Ah-ah Ah-ah Ah-ah, uh
That's when I saw her
Walkin' on the water
Sippin' on Michelob Light
She looked right at me
Ooh, she knew she had me
That sweet summer Saturday
Sweet summer Saturday night
Ah-ah Ah-ah Ah-ah
Saturday night
Ah-ah Ah-ah Ah-ah
Another Saturday night
Ah-ah Ah-ah Ah-ah
Saturday night
Ah-ah Ah-ah Ah-ah
Ah-ah Ah-ah Ah-ah
Ah-ah
Written by: Charles Esten, Jon Stone and Kyle Schlienger
Released on: 8/8/20
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