You fell in love or threw it away
You’re looking for the perfect thing to say
You’re no good with words, well, that’s okay
That’s why I write songs
Might make you laugh or make you cry
Might help you make it through a bad goodbye
‘Cause you’ve been through it and so have I
That’s why I write songs
I remember all the times I felt
Like somebody knows me all too well
‘Cause it was my life story I was listening to
I don’t know about you
But I’ve buried loved ones and a few good friends
I’ve held a brand new baby in my hands
It ain’t just what I do, it’s who I am
And that’s why I write songs
I remember how it blew my mind
When I played my song and watched a grown man cry
And it was at that moment I just knew
What I was born to do
Most songwriters never get the fame
Some folks wouldn’t recognize their names
But chances are you probably sang along
To Harlan Howard or Bob McDill
Whitey Shafer or Whispering Bill
All the times they ever gave me chills
That’s why I write songs
Other lyrics by Jamey Johnson:
21 Guns
Standing in this field of limestone Watching flags wave in the air You know we’d love to take you back home But there ain’t no place like this there A …
Alabama Pines
I still remember chasin’ dreams Everything I’d hoped to be It was always calling me away I listened to the radio drivin’ down a dusty road And let the …
America The Beautiful
O beautiful for spacious skies For amber waves of grain For purple mountain majesties Above the fruited plain! America! America! God shed his grace on thee And crown thy …
Angel
The voice on the telephone sounds awful angry And somehow it doesn’t fit in With the face in the picture I keep on my dresser Of the girl I once called my best …
Baby Don't Cry
The three little pigs have done built up their home’s And the wolf’s been chased from the door And little Bo Peep has done found all her sheep And now she …