 Genius Meanings
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Eric Church – Rock & Roll Found Me
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[Verse 1] / I was a skinny little white kid, wrong side of the track kid / "Don’t do that" kid, "What the hell is wrong with him?" kid / No, my rebel never run and my damn gave one
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Eric Church – Bad Mother Trucker
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[Verse 1] / She drove an '81 Peterbilt 18-wheeler / Jet black with pink mud flaps / It was a mean piece of metal with lightning in the pedal / Thunder comin' out the back / [Verse
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Eric Church – Jenny
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[Verse 1] / Come on, Jenny, let’s go, Jenny / Let’s blow this popcorn stand / Come on, there’s the road, Jenny / Jenny, let me be your man / [Verse 2] / Come on, Jenny, let’s roll
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Eric Church – Lynyrd Skynyrd Jones
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[Verse 1] / Lynyrd Skynyrd Jones, spelled with all 4 y's / Was born in 70-something, 'tween "Sweet Home" and "You Got That Right" / His mama met his daddy at a Tallahassee show
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Eric Church – Look Good and You Know It
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[Intro] / I’d be lying if I said it didn’t hurt like hell / Wish I was blind so I couldn’t see for myself / [Verse 1] / You look good and you know it baby / Go on and own it baby
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Eric Church – Do Side
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[Verse 1] / I couldn't get no sleep last night, had a ghost lyin' in my bed / A saltwater leak in my eyes and a memory in my head / Cool in me says, "no, I ain't," but the fool
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Eric Church – Bright Side Girl
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[Verse 1] / They say the sky won’t fall / Today I kinda wish it would / Get those old dark clouds overhead cleared out / And stop the rain for good / [Verse 2] / No, there ain’t no
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Eric Church – Hell of a View
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[Verse 1] / I was no daddy's dream, was not your mama's prayer / But I was your first and your last ticket out of there / I caught your wings on fire when I smoked my Bronco tires
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Eric Church – Mr. Misunderstood
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Mr. Misunderstood is a song with an older person talking to a young kid. It’s never made clear, but it’s possible this is the protagonist talking to a younger version of himself
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Eric Church – Where I Wanna Be
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[Verse 1] / Flew to California, drove to Alabam’ / Hitched to Wichita, caught a ride in a van / Paddled in a boat and pedaled on a bike / I’ve walked, I’ve swum, I’ve crawled, I’ve
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Eric Church – Break It Kind of Guy
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[Verse 1] / I woke up feelin’ dangerous, put some bullets in my gun / Brown liquor in my coffee and I called the boss’s son / I told him to tell his daddy I'm tired of his routine
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Eric Church – Smoke a Little Smoke
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This song is about how Eric feels when he smokes marijuana. It was a song that he was urged not to release as a single but he rebelled and did it anyways. It was a major hit for
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Eric Church – That's Damn Rock & Roll
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This song is about how some artists have a screwed-up sense of what rock music is all about. Church takes them to task, then gives us some examples of what it’s really all about.
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Eric Church – Old Friends, Old Whiskey, Old Songs (Acoustic / Live At BMO Harris Bradley Center, Milwaukee, WI / April 14, 2017)
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Sittin' here thinkin' 'bout me and big Ricky smokin' cigarettes down on the levee / Talkin' 'bout who's hot, who's not, big blocks, Pontiacs, Fords, and Chevy / I remember packin
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Eric Church (Ft. Joanna Cotten) – The Weight - Live At Resch Center, Green Bay, WI / January 21, 2017
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I pulled into Nazareth, I was feelin' 'bout half past dead / I just need some place Lord where I can lay my head / Hey, mister, can you tell me, where a man might find a bed? / He
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Eric Church – Doing Life with Me
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[Verse 1] / It ain't easy puttin' up with / A road dog with a cup with / A little Jack in it / You talk about the backseat / I don't know, don't ask me / How she sat in it / [Pre-
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The Band – The Weight
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“The Weight,” by the Band’s Robbie Robertson, appears on their album Music from Big Pink (1968).
Robertson tells a story about a traveler’s visit to a small town, but mixes
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Eric Church – Hangin' Around
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[Verse 1] / How you spin, hit the door, and get myself on down the road / I picked my clothes up off the floor and on the wind I go / Let it blow me where the wild is, thought I
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Eric Church – Holdin' My Own
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This is a song about how Church has changed since he got a family: he’s matured in fatherhood. He explains that he’ll was always a little bit wild in his heart, but he’s learned
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Eric Church – A Man Who Was Gonna Die Young
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This is about a guy who thought he was full of piss and vinegar, only to wake up one morning and find some grey hairs and thankfulness for a wife who helped him live through all he
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Eric Church – Like A Wrecking Ball
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Written by Eric Church and Casey Beathard, the song is the fourth single off Church’s top-selling 2014 album, The Outsiders.
CMT called the song “steamy, sexy and slow,” adding
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Eric Church – Talladega
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Eric Church and Luke Laird co-wrote “Talladega” after watching NASCAR on TV. It is the fourth single from Chruch’s fourth studio album, The Outsiders, and was released to radio on
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Eric Church – Give Me Back My Hometown
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“Give Me Back My Hometown” by Eric Church and Luke Laird appears on Church’s 2014 album, The Outsiders.
This is a heartbreak song, disguised as a reminiscence.
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Chuck Berry – Nadine
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[Verse 1] / As I got on a city bus and found my vacant seat / I thought I saw my future bride walking up the street / I shouted to the driver, "Hey, conductor, you must slow down
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Eric Church – Lone Wolf
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[Verse 1] / The only pack I ever ran with were the cigarettes in my pocket / My only friend was the sun and the wind to my back on the road I was walkin' / Had nowhere to go, no
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Eric Church – The World Needs A Drink (Live At Legacy Arena At The BJCC, Birmingham, AL / February 17, 2017)
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Turned on the TV / More crime in the streets / More trouble in the Middle East / More fires out west / Politicians slingin' dirt / Got descension in the church / Another lawsuit's
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Eric Church – Drink In My Hand
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[Verse 1] / Early Monday morning to Friday at five / Man, I work work work but I don't climb climb climb / Boss man can shove that over time up his can / All I wanna do is put a
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Eric Church – Russian Roulette
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[Verse 1] / Yeah, I’m blowin’ the doors off this hang-around town / Holdin’ this old gun-metal gray Chevrolet pedal down / Lead foot in a steel-toe / Outrunnin’ the memories
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Eric Church – Lightning
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“Lightning” is a song that comes from the final thoughts of a man about to be executed for the murder of a boy who worked in a liquor store. Over the course of the song, the man’s
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Eric Church – Dark Side
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“The Dark Side” is about a man’s promise to his wife: Now that they have a family, he won’t let whiskey bring out the dark side in him anymore. His dark side is dangerous and he
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The Game (Ft. 50 Cent) – How We Do
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For the second single of his debut album, Game teams up (again) with at-the-time labelmate 50 Cent to spawn one of the most recognizable club banger songs in hip-hop history.
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Eric Church – The Joint
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A play on lighting up a marijuana joint. Here the joint that gets lit is a bar. Moma burned down the local hang out so papa would spend time with his family. The song closes with
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Larry Fleet – Stack of Records
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[Verse 1] / When I couldn't find the words / Well, I played her some Whitley / 'Cause sometimes it's better / When you say nothin' at all / When I couldn't find myself / Well, I
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Eric Church – Devil, Devil
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The piece is in two parts. The first part is a poem written by Church about how making it in Nashville is like selling your soul to the devil because she can give you millions or
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Eric Church – Cold One
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This song is about a guy whose lover walks out on him and takes one of his cold beers in the process. Eric Church uses a play on words by saying “That was a cold one” at points in
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Eric Church – The Outsiders
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Eric has said this song is about his ambition to remain on the outside of the Country music Genre. Something he has maintained throughout his music career.
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Eric Church – Kiss Her Goodbye
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[Verse 1] / Yeah, the thing that haunts me like a ghost / Is the little things and it ain't close / You'd think that after all this time / I wouldn't need to drink her off my mind
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Eric Church – Mad Man
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[Verse 1] / He's a modern day Jekyll and Hyde / Mixin' pride with the cold hard facts / Starin' awful hard at a picture on a bar / Of a girl that he won't get back / He's talkin
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Genius – October 2020 Singles Release Calendar
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WELCOME TO GENIUS' OCTOBER 2020 SINGLES RELEASE CALENDAR!!!
For October 2020 album releases, visit this page
This page highlights the notable singles released in all genres
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