Target Artist: Trace Adkins - lyrics by Melissa Williamson and Jeff Knight, music, performance and production by Jeff Knight, BMI (C) 2008
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Title: All tied up with her memory
lyrics by Melissa Williamson & Jeff Knight, BMI © 2008
music by Jeff Knight
Performed & Produced by Jeff Knight
KnightZone Productions
Genre: Country Ballad
Target Artist: Trace Adkins
vocal range: 2.5 octaves :)
BPM: 114 / Key: C / Time: 4:38
( verse 1 )
The sun shines in like a stabbin' knife
Another sleepless night out of the way
Pretendin' everything's gonna be alright
Hardly breathin' another day
Got a little angel who depends on me
Way too young to understand why
I'm still dreamin' of the yesterdays
And how we never said good-bye
( lift )
so I put on a smile every chance I can
But it's wrapping on an empty man cuz
( chorus )
I'm livin' a lie barely getting by
One day at a time ain't easin' the pain in my life
Being okay is something I may never be
'Cause I'm all tied up with her memory
( verse 2 )
I walk circles in a foolish haze 'cause
she was taken in the blink of an eye
I'd still have her now if it wasn't
for a reckless man and a DUI
I try to pretend I'm makin' my way
But I know it's a fight that I'm losing
cause when darkness closes in
It exposes the excuses I've been using
( lift )
remembering her is all that seems right
To see me through another cold, dark night
( chorus )
I'm livin' a lie barely getting by
One day at a time ain't easin' the pain in my life
Being okay is something I may never be
'Cause I'm all tied up with her memory
bridge
last night I found a note in her drawer
Jus' said she loved us but it meant so much more
it showed me that I can't keep on living in the past
Our baby girl needs her dad, she's growing up so fast
( chorus )
so I'm not living a lie or barely gettin' by
I'm thinkin' of her and givin' her life
A good daddy is something I'm gonna be
Instead of all tied up with her memory
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From now on I won't be
all tied up with her memory
hmmmmmmmm ... mmmmmmmmm