A Little Earlier

A LITTLE EARLIER

Maybe I

Should try something different

Maybe you‘re right

Sometimes I‘m indifferent

The music‘s good

But it took my life

The music‘s good right now

The pain is alive

Trying to really make it with a song

Trying not to fake it for the song

Maybe I should get up a little later

Maybe I should care a little less about work

Maybe I should take the time to get sober

Maybe the hill isn‘t quite as tall, to get over… Someday

Trying not to waste it for a dime

Trying not to break it for a line

And then one day… Ya‘ll ask me where I‘ve been

And maybe a friend of mine would say I was a hometown king

But I‘m as late as I can be

I‘m gonna shut it down a little earlier today

Life is short and maybe i should take more care

Maybe the time is right to try something different

Maybe I was always too late or somehow just not in time

I took my white horses and thorns upon my head

What would I‘ve said if I knew I‘m gone?

Say, what did I really do that wasn‘t for my own?

One day, I‘ll ask you where I‘ve been

Maybe a friend of mine would say I was a hometown king

One day I‘ll ask you where I‘ve been

And a friend of mine would say I was a hometown winner

I‘m as late as I can be

I‘m gonna shut it down a little earlier today