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Balance
05:14
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Balance
I spent an awful lot of time just a-thinking about you
Going back and forth with the pros and the cons
I spent an awful long time wondering what to do
Until I made up my mind
I never knew that there was something worth fighting for
I’d rather just give it up and be left sore
I only knew what it felt like to close a door
But that was all before
Cause when it comes to loving you
I lose my balance
When it comes to loving you
That’s all I do
Oh when it comes to loving you
I lose my balance
When it comes to loving you
That’s all I do
Now I’m sitting here thinking about the way that it could be
And how I cant imagine life without you next to me
I’m falling over myself just to make you smile
And have you stay awhile
Cause when it comes to loving you
I lose my balance
When it comes to loving you
That’s all I do
Oh when it comes to loving you
I lose my balance
When it comes to loving you
That’s all I do
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Playwright
05:09
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Playwright
She’s a hopeless romantic and she’ll write everybody in
And build a cast of characters from beginning til the end
When she doesn’t like her story she’ll scratch it and start again
With a whole new batch of scenery, satisfaction from her pen.
She’s a playwright
Lord she’s a playwright
With a heart set on the future
And dreams stuck in the past
She’s a playwright
Well each man has so much to offer but when he cannot stand the sun
A new one comes along and she’ll cast him as ‘the one’
But when his character shows defects she’ll create a hidden twist
In her heart she’ll write the reasons for the glory that they missed
She’s a playwright
Lord she’s a playwright
With a heart set on the future
And dreams stuck in the past
She’s a playwright
Well the actor’s inexperienced and he fumbles as he goes
But she looks past his innocence as she clarifies her prose
She’ll blame it on the casting but the audience all know
It’s the writer of the play whose lack of vision shows
She’s a playwright
Lord she’s a playwright
With a heart set on the future
And dreams
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Since She's Gone
02:57
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Since She’s Gone
Well since she’s gone, I’ve run out of things to do
But I’ve written a song or two just to help me to feel all right
‘I don’t care what makes the world go round
As far as I’m concerned we’re all just gonna die’
They say that if its love, you’ve got to let her go
And if she comes back to you, brother it sure will show
But if you’re forcing her to think it’s meant to be,
Your heart will end up lying in pieces on the floor
Last I heard, she’d gone out to see some friends
To find someone to confide in, to help her to feel all right
How I wished they’d talk for hours about me
But my name had fled the scene before it had ever arrived
They say that if its love, you’ve got to let her go
And if she comes back to you, brother it sure will show
But if you’re forcing her to think it’s meant to be,
Your heart will end up lying in pieces on the floor
It can’t be, there’s been a mistake I’m sure
I’ve called ten times or more, she must have lost her phone
Or maybe, she’s gone down to Mexico, and just forgot to let me know
That she’d be back real soon
They say that if its love, you’ve got to let her go
And if she comes back to you, brother it sure will show
But if you’re forcing her to think it’s meant to be,
Your heart will end up lying in pieces on the floor
Oh if its love, you’ve got to let her go
And if she comes back to you, brother it sure will show
But if you’re forcing her to think it’s meant to be,
Your heart will end up lying in pieces on the floor
Your heart will end up lying in pieces on the floor
Your heart will end up lying in pieces on the floor
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Virginia
04:28
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Virginia
What’s a man supposed to do
When he feels there’s no escape
A quick decision that’s been thought about for years
And once it’s made it’s made
The house was swept; we cut the grass
Oh she loved to have us stay
The hills behind her seemed to climb and fall for miles
And before we ate we prayed
I think about that home in Virginia
I think about that rope swing on the beech tree where I swung
I think about that home in Virginia
And I’m gone
There’s a beauty that comes with age
And it’s humble and it’s kind
Earned through a stubborn will and a faith in the unseen
And what’s been left behind
I’d like to know what made him leave
And if that thing’s in me
I believe that every battle that isn’t won
Is passed down the family tree
I think about that home in Virginia
I think about that rope swing on the beech tree where I swung
I think about that home in Virginia
And I’m gone
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Charlie Whitten Nashville, Tennessee
Charlie Whitten
Singer-Songwriter in Nashville, TN
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