Break Up in a Small Town Lyrics
I knew I'd see her around
I'd be at some party, she'd show up and I'd be walkin' out
Or across some parking lot, hidin' behind her sister
I'd look up, and she'd be at the red light beside me
In that white Maxima with the sticker on the back
I'd act like I didn't see her
We'd pay at the same pumps
Flip through the same stations
And slow down for the same curves
Run around with the same crowds
We just needed some time
She could get on with her life and I'd get on with mine
Thought I would be fine, heh, but maybe not
I knew she'd find a way to get over me
But I'd never thought
[Chorus]
She would get down with somebody I know
I guess that's just how it goes when you break up in a small town
I see our friends and they put on a show
Like they don't want me to know
So they give me the go-around
But there's only so many streets, so many lights
I swear it's like I can't even leave my house
I should've known all along
You gotta move or move on
When you break up in a small town
For a while I guess they were keeping it low-key
But now it's like these county lines, closin' in on me
I see 'em everywhere together
And it's hittin' a little too close to home
She's so far gone, but she didn't go far
She was over me before the grass grew back where she used to park her car
She's leaving those same marks in someone else's yard
In someone else's arms, right down the road
And I never thought
[Chorus]
She would get down with somebody I know
I guess that's just how it goes when you break up in a small town
I see our friends and they put on a show
Like they don't want me to know
So they give me the go-around
But there's only so many streets, so many lights
I swear it's like I can't even leave my house
I should've known all along
You gotta move or move on
When you break up in a small town
[Bridge]
Her mailbox is seven minutes from mine
And I drive into town, sometimes and I see you sittin' there with him
And I wanna jump out, I wanna fight
I wanna say, "**** that guy" but I can't
It's my fault, I let her go
I never thought
That she would get down with somebody I know
I guess that's just how it goes when you break up in a small town
I see our friends and they put on a show
They don't want me to know
So they give me the go-around
But there's only so many streets, so many lights
I swear it's like I can't even leave my house
I should've known all along
You gotta move or move on
When you break up in a small town
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Sam Hunt:
“‘Breakup in a Small Town’ is one of the last songs I wrote before we finished the record. I wrote it with Zach Crowell and Shane McAnally, and it’s a song that, sort of the title explains everything you would expect about the song,” Hunt explained. “It’s just about growing up in a small town and you break up with a guy or a girl, and you think you’re not gonna see ‘em again. You think they’re long gone, but then you realize there’s just so many streets and so many lights. You hang out with all the same people. They’re the first person you see when you leave the house, so it’s kind of hard to get away from ‘em. That’s what this whole song’s about.”
Co-writer Zach Crowell:
Writing with Sam is a slow process, in a good way. He’s very slow; he’s not about trying to write hundreds of songs. He waits for the right idea, and then spends a lot of time on it, and I think you can tell on ‘Break Up in a Small Town.’ We wrote on it that day, and probably another day or two, trying to figure it out, and then we called Shane McAnally to come in and join us on it, because he’s the best there is, and we knew he would be the guy to get us to the finish line with it."
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