Same Problems

“Same Problems”

By: Steve Everett & Matt Stell

Verse 1

Overslept my lake checkout

Tally up the body count

I’m trying not to be too loud

Cause the maid’s been knocking for a while now

Pre-Chorus

I guess I should know what trouble looks like by now

But here I am again somehow

Chorus

Back to the same old problems

I thought I solved ‘em

Fell so far I broke through the bottom

Wound up back at square one

Losing a battle that I thought I had won

Same problems all know my name

They keep calling everyday

I keep trying to push them away

But I’m just resolving the same problems

Verse 2

Tracking down my credit card

Found it at that second bar

Went a couple drinks too far

I’m feelin’ maxed out, hungover, and over-charged

Bridge

Professional children this is our song

La da da La da da

It might seem fun but it won’t last long

X2

Heartbreak Arms Race

“Heartbreak Arms Race”

By: Steve Everett & Ariel Lask

Verse 1

Been alone a long time pick the wrong kind

‘Til I find myself in the middle

Of a heartbreak arms race

Makin’ the same mistakes

Holding back just a little

Pre-Chorus

Cause I’m always planning my escape

Keep my heart half-hidden just in case

Chorus

She laughs a little too hard at all my jokes

Keeps the heat too high or the radio too low

Likes me best on my worst behavior

Not in the market for a late night savior

Right around the time that I should leap

I leave

Verse 2

Out of reasons changed like the seasons

Tryin’ to turn the page

To a happier ending instead of sending

Brushes with love away

Bridge

I don’t wanna

I don’t wanna

I don’t wanna have a one that got away

I don’t wanna

I don’t wanna

I don’t wanna wish I stayed

Pick Your Head Up

“Pick Your Head Up”

By: Steve Everett & Britney Monroe

Verse 1

Jenny isn’t pretty or so she thinks

So she goes to parties by herself & sits alone and drinks

And dreams about bein’ pretty and all it’d bring

Like getting into sold out shows and having cute boys buy her things

Pre-Chorus

She’s feelin’ low and she’s ready to leave to leave

While there’s a boy who’s just dyin’ to meet her meet her thinkin’

Chorus

Pick your head up

Look around

You might be standing on your crown

Stuck inside of your own mind

And burnin’ your own castle down

Cinderella don’t get in your carriage yet

Cause I think I found your slipper and your prince

Verse 2

Jeffrey isn’t smooth or so he thinks

As he makes his way across the room carrying two drinks

Jenny see’s him coming and she moves out of the way

Seems surprised when they lock eyes

And he stops in front of her to say

Pre-Chorus

He wants to dance but he needs her to lead him lead him

Soon as he saw her he was dyin’ to meet her to meet her thinkin’

Bridge

It goes to show that you never know you never know

Beauty is all in the beholder beholder thinkin’

Bad At It

“Bad At It”

By: Steve Everett, Charlie Berry

& Zarni DeWet

Verse 1

Losin’ myself to some Whitney Houston

Loosen my tie cause I sweat right through it

Half of my drink’s on the ground from shoutin’

A little bit louder now

Gimme the scoop are you someone’s plus 1

Watchin’ you move’s got me feelin’ something

Tell me the truth are you into gettin’ a little bit closer now

Chorus

Don’t have moves

Steppin’ on your shoes

But girl you ain’t mad at it

Even though I’m bad at it

Into you tryin’ to play it cool

But girl you ain’t mad at it

Even though I’m bad at it

Bad at it

Verse 2

Circle it up let’s get in the middle

Maybe I should dial it back a little

But watchin’ you dance in your high heels

I’m signed, sealed, delivered

Bridge

Can’t help myself

Can’t fake it

Feels like a chance worth takin’

Don’t wanna say too much too soon

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