The Other Guy
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The Other Guy Lyrics
She said, I never thought I'd see you here
Hangin' on this side of town
What's it been, about a year?
Yeah, boy, look at you now
I heard you got a new job
Things are takin' off
Just like I thought they would
I said it's all good
[Chorus]
But you should see the other guy that's missin' you
Late at night, he's wishin' you would come back home
Girl, he can't move on
And his heart still takes a beatin'
Just livin' with your leavin'
Yeah, it might look like I'm doin' alright
But you should see the other guy
[Verse 2]
As far as anyone can see
Things are lookin' up these days
Only let 'em see this side of me
The one that's got it made
Doin' everything I know to do
To keep thе truth
From runnin' through my mind
Yeah, I'm doin' fine
But you should see the othеr guy that's missin' you
Late at night, he's wishin' you would come back home
Girl, he can't move on
And his heart still takes a beatin'
Just livin' with your leavin'
Yeah, it might look like I'm doin' alright
But you should see the other guy
[Guitar Solo]
[Chorus]
But you should see the other guy that's missin' you
Late at night, he's wishin' you would come back home
Girl, he can't move on
And his heart still takes a beatin'
Just livin' with your leavin'
Yeah, it might look like I'm doin' alright
It might look like I'm doin' alright
But you should see the other guy
[Outro]
Oh, you should see the other guy
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I had written that song a number of years ago, probably three years ago now. I wrote that song with my stage-right guitar player Rob Williford and a guy by the name of Brandon Kinney, who I like a lot. I’d had that idea in my phone for a while and knew that I wanted to turn that phrase [‘you should see the other guy’] on its head and do something different with it. It just came at an awkward time when we wrote it, in between different things we were doing. So it never got on the deluxe of This One’s for You. When it came time to do this deluxe, I was going through stuff I’d written and stumbled back across thing and thought, ‘Man, this thing is really good.’ So I decided to pull the trigger on it. It’s one of my favourite tunes we have.
- 6.1, 2 Many
- 9.Reasons
- 11.Dear Today
- 13.Does To Me
- 15.All Over Again
- 16.Nothing Like You
- 17.Better Together
- 18.Six Feet Apart
- 19.Cold As You
- 20.The Other Guy
- 21.My Kinda Folk
- 22.Without You