 Genius Lyrics
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Chris Stapleton – Starting Over
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[Verse 1] / Well, the road rolls out like a welcome mat / To a better place than the one we're at / And I ain't got no kinda plan / But I've had all of this town I can stand / [
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Chris Stapleton – You Should Probably Leave
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[Verse 1] / I know it ain't all that late / But you should probably leave / And I recognize that look in your eyes / Yeah, you should probably leave / [Chorus] / 'Cause I know you
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Chris Stapleton – Fire Away
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“Fire Away” is the second track from Stapleton’s 2015 debut album Traveller. The song was cowritten by Danny Green and Stapleton and produced by Dave Cobb.
The song is about
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Chris Stapleton – Either Way
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Either Way is the fifth song on Chris Stapleton’s From A Room: Volume 1 and Stapleton’s own version of the stark ballad he wrote a decade ago. Lee Ann Womack released a version in
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Chris Stapleton – Parachute
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“Parachute” is the fourth track from Stapleton ’s 2015 debut album Traveller.
The song is the ruminations of an estranged lover who realizes that the relationship he lost—and now
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Chris Stapleton – Broken Halos
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Broken Halos is the first single that has been released from Stapleton’s From A Room and also the first song on the album.
Chris wrote it with Michael (Mike) Henderson and told
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Chris Stapleton – Traveller
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The title track from Chris Stapleton’s debut album. Already well known as a songwriter for the biggest music stars, he branches out on his own with a mix of Southern Rock
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Chris Stapleton – Nobody to Blame
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“Nobody to Blame” is a man accepting responsibility (perhaps poorly) for the punishment he’s receiving from the woman kicking him out of their apparently well-established life.
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Chris Stapleton – Cold
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On “Cold”, Chris displays a somber string-backed slow burner, essentially putting his relationship on pause. It starts off with these grand piano chords as it slowly transcends
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Joy Oladokun & Chris Stapleton – Sweet Symphony
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[Verse 1: Joy Oladokun] / I get weak / Whenever you're around / I let my walls down / And lay my weapons on the floor / Fight / Every day I used to fight / And dream of real love
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Chris Stapleton – The Day I Die
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[Chorus] / When my heart stops breakin' / When my eyes won't cry / When there's a day I can live without you, baby / It'll be the day I die / [Verse 1] / I had never ever hurt this
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Chris Stapleton – Maggie's Song
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According to Chris Stapleton via NPR:
“I wrote [Maggie’s Song] the day after our dog, Maggie, passed away. We had her for 14 years and I miss her quite a bit. I’m not really a dog
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Chris Stapleton – What Am I Gonna Do
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[Chorus] / What am I gonna do / When I get over you? / What am I gonna be / When you're just a memory? / What am I gonna drink / When I don't have to think about what I'm gonna do
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Chris Stapleton – South Dakota
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[Verse 1] / Lord, this morning, when I woke up / I wanted that whiskey in my coffee cup / Had last night ringin' in my head / Tellin' me I oughta go back to bed / [Chorus] / I'm in
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Chris Stapleton (Ft. Morgane Stapleton) – More of You
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With lines like “I fall more in love with you than I’ve ever been,” “More of You” has the lyrical content to risk becoming sap. Its integrity is maintained in Stapleton’s
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Chris Stapleton – Joy of My Life
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[Verse 1] / I tiptoed in the room / I know you got to have your rest / She says, "Come lay beside me / I been waitin' since you left" / [Chorus] / She's sweet to me / Must be the
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Chris Stapleton – Death Row
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Death Row is the last song on Stapleton’s From A Room: Volume 1.
The song gives an insight to the thoughts from a prisoner in the death row of a prison, after receiving the death
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Chris Stapleton – The Devil Named Music
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[Verse 1] / We drove all night to Billings, Montana / Flew into Utah, slept there all day / I can’t remember stopping in Denver / Yeah, I live my illusion that somebody needs me to
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Chris Stapleton – Death Row
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Death Row is the last song on Stapleton’s From A Room: Volume 1.
The song gives an insight to the thoughts from a prisoner in the death row of a prison, after receiving the death
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Chris Stapleton – The Devil Named Music
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[Verse 1] / We drove all night to Billings, Montana / Flew into Utah, slept there all day / I can’t remember stopping in Denver / Yeah, I live my illusion that somebody needs me to
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Chris Stapleton – Up to No Good Livin'
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A man struggling to escape his past. There was a time, before he settled down, when he took advantage of his freedom to party. Hard. But it was a conscious decision and he knew he’
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Chris Stapleton – The Fire
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[Verse 1] / I watch your light / In the dark of the night / Your shadow moves / Across a lonely room / [Chorus] / Woo-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh / I hear your name / Through the wind and rain
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Chris Stapleton – The Gambler (Live)
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[Verse 1] / On a warm summer's evenin' on a train bound for nowhere / I met up with a gambler, we were both too tired to sleep / So we took turns a-starin' out the window at the
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Chris Stapleton – Watch You Burn
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“Watch You Burn” is a fiery anthem, complete with a gospel choir, rumbling guitar, and an epic finale. In his signature full-throated baritone, Chris Stapleton denounces the upward
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Chris Stapleton – A Simple Song
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[Verse 1] / Lately things are on my mind / Good news is hard to find / And I work on the factory line / And all I do is stay behind / Call my mama like I should / She says daddy
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Chris Stapleton – Arkansas
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[Verse 1] / Took a Nine Eleven 'bout a hundred and seven down a back road / Where the white river runs and the southern sun makes the kudzu grow / And what I found in the Ozark
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Chris Stapleton – Nashville, TN
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[Verse 1] / I met you when I had a dream / Not so long ago, it seems / We closed down a million bars / Yeah, you and me, we've come so far / You showed me how to write a song / We
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Chris Stapleton – Millionaire
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Accompanied by his wife and singing partner, Morgane Stapleton, “Millionaire” is a love ballad driven by the acoustic guitar.
The opening track from Volume 2 sets an
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Chris Stapleton – Whiskey Sunrise
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[Verse 1] / There's a tear in the mud on the banks of the river / And the sound of a lover's goodbye / And a pain in my heart 'cause I could not forgive her / That's as deep as the
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Chris Stapleton – Old Friends
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[Verse 1] / It's like when you're makin' conversation / And you're tryin' not to scream / And you're tryin' not to tell 'em / You don't care what they mean / And you're really
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Chris Stapleton – Hillbilly Blood
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[Verse 1] / Hillbilly blood, runnin' through my veins / Black cold soul and a mountain of pain / Jug of white lightning crossin' my lips / Hillbilly blood don't give a shit / [
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Chris Stapleton – Devil Always Made Me Think Twice
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[Verse 1] / I take a little smoke in the evenin' / I take a little whiskey on ice / I never get behind on killin' my mind / It's just the kind of things I like / Just the kind of
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Chris Stapleton – Outlaw State of Mind
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[Verse 1] / Cut my teeth on daddy's old LGO / And I lost my mind somewhere in New Mexico / And TW put a snake on my back / I keep a redbone on my side / [Chorus 1] / And there's
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Chris Stapleton – Daddy Doesn't Pray Anymore
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This song is about Stapleton’s father. Written while his father was living, Stapleton says the decision to perform it came after his death. He recounts the story that inspired the
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Chris Stapleton & Snoop Dogg – In The Air Tonight
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[Intro] / A classic NFL rivalry is renewed / These two teams do not like each other and you gotta love that / [Chorus: Chris Stapleton] / I can feel it comin' in the air tonight
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Chris Stapleton – I Was Wrong
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[Verse 1] / I've been thinkin' 'bout my thoughtless words / And I know just how much they must have hurt / And I take it back / Oh, won't you let me take it back / [Verse 2] / I
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Chris Stapleton – Whiskey and You
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Contrasts between whiskey and a woman are used to describe the lingering pain of their breakup.
The song was featured on Tim McGraw’s 2007 Let It Go album.
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Chris Stapleton – Scarecrow in the Garden
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Written by Stapleton, Brice Long, and Matt Fleener, “Scarecrow in the Garden” is a spare, ominous ballad about a West Virginia farm that’s been passed down through the family of
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Chris Stapleton – Was It 26
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“Was It 26” is a cover of Charlie Daniels’s song of the same name composed by Don Sampson, which appeared on Daniels' album Simple Man.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t6x_hEfiGgE
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Kelly Clarkson & Chris Stapleton – Glow
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[Verse 1: Kelly Clarkson] / You're the only one, only one I got my eyes on / I don't need, I don't need but a second, then I'm gone / But when the snow starts falling, Christmas
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Chris Stapleton – Them Stems
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‘Them Stems’ is the eighth song on Stapleton’s From A Room: Volume 1.
It isn’t the first song Chris wrote about using drugs. In Might As Well Get Stoned he stated that he would
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Justin Timberlake (Ft. Chris Stapleton) – Say Something
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“Say Something” is the third single from Justin Timberlake’s fourth studio album Man of the Woods. The song was released on January 25, 2018 and features acclaimed country singer-
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Chris Stapleton – Hard Livin'
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A barroom brawler, heavy drinker, and longtime womanizer is starting to feel his age. He may be slowing down or softening up, but you wouldn’t know it from the pace of this song
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