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Drive Down South

by Corey Nolen

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1.
Find A Way 03:43
FIND A WAY V1 Ain’t this a never ending road we’re traveling We started fast and there was no looking backwards Never knowing where we were going but we Kept on speeding past the coming disasters PRECHORUS So we’ll find a way to find a way to carry on Yeah we’ll find a way til we find our way back home CHORUS And if we ever stop moving forward We’ll be more lost than we were before Yeah if we ever start listening to reason We’d find no reason to go V2 They said there wasn’t any use in us tryin You don’t get ahead when you start so far behind But we never listened baby We had no other choice to make V3 Holding tight to our hopes and our dreams Feels so alone but we’re together at least What we’ve got coming baby It takes a lot of faith to believe
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Haunt Me 03:32
Haunt Me The harder I try The harder it seems To remember the times It was just you and me Nothing compares To you being here But if I can’t have you I’ll take the next best thing CHORUS I want you to haunt me like a ghost Be the sounds that I don’t know See your face in the pane of my windows I want you to move my things around And when I hear that door slamming I’ll know you’ve been here all along And I am not alone I’ve got your photographs Scattered round my house But they can only bring An old memory back And I’m tired of dreams I only wake to see The only time you’re here with me is when I’m asleep
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I THOUGH I LOVED YOU V1 I would stop and buy you flowers Almost everyday That you’d call me up cryin Cause I don’t do that sort of thing V2 And I would tell you just how beautiful That you looked every night That you’d ask me why I never Could say words that kind CHORUS And I thought that I love you but I was wrong Farther down the line You see what you can’t see When you’re standing knee deep In the thick of life V3 But the years they kept on passing And the hard times come and go With so many things we’d rather not mention But somehow we made it through V4 All the times you could have run You could have left me all alone Yeah but you stood right there beside me Believed the best of who I was CHORUS BRIDGE And what I though was love Was just something leading up To this feeling that a word Does not describe
4.
WHAT I HAD COMING Got no good reason for the things I’ve done The good and the bad they seem to find me on their own Killed a man in Indiana but I did not run And my world came undone Judge gave me 30 years for all my wrongs Told that same story though and Jesus let me off Now I’m all squared away with heaven and the law But it don’t change how far I have fallen CHORUS 1 I’ll be the first to say It’s hard to explain when You don’t get what you deserve For as far as I had gone I did not get what I had coming I met a girl but she was not my type She walked the straight and narrow road I’d never tried But she saw something in me no one else could find And was the first to stand by my side So I took her hand and with a ring and a vow We dreamed all about a life we’d never had I learned something there standing in the aisle Life can turn either way on a dime CHORUS 1 I’ll be the first to say It’s hard to explain when You get what you did not deserve For as far as I had gone I did not get what I had coming BRIDGE When it seems hope just can’t be found Cause you missed the boat your first time around Well grace it always makes the rounds In the places that your down and out
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LEARNING FROM LOSING V1 There was a time when she was right by my side I didn’t know love could leave so indifferently and completely change a mind She’s still standing tall it’s just not me she’s standing by And now I’m searching for answers to questions I never thought I’d have to find (CHORUS) What I’m learning from losing is it ain’t always a loss There’s some things at the bottom that you’d never know unless you’ve taken a fall I might have seen some better days I might have had fewer scars So if I’ve won anything it’s all that I’ve gained from losing it all V2 There was a time when I was making my way to the top Climbed the ladder, slid down til the ground kept me from going farther Spent half my life just trying to shine like a star And the other half lookin for the silver lining in the dark (CHORUS) (BRIDGE) It’s easy enough when lady luck is leading you through life But when she leaves you in the night, it’s a losing fight
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One thing that feels right V1 They say we’re always movin But I don’t know which way I’m goin Cause lately all it seems is I’ve been losin Just heading back from where it is I’ve come V2 Well I could tell you everything will be alright Well I could lie, I could lie God knows it’s what I say when I need to get by When I’m barely getting by (Chorus) But I don’t really have to tell you all this You’ve been right there by my side Running backwards tryin to catch our breath And hopin to find just one thing that feels right V3 I used to think that any pain that ever comes our way Would all be fine in the end But some folks they never seem to catch those breaks And I’ve turned into one of them (Chorus) (Bridge) Well the road is long it goes on and on and on Our prayers go out but they seem to be returned And after all this time of wandering The thing that I have learned Is man you sure got something if you’re not alone (Chorus) You’re my one thing that feels right
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CHANGE OF HEART V1 Burned my hands from holding to tight to my old Way of living that was always at the end of a rope And I don’t know why I can’t leave it alone V2 I got these demons I keep in my back pocket They sit patient until I’m down and out again And they’ve not failed me, not one time yet CHORUS Until I find something better Until I want something more I am bound to keep finding my heart on the floor So I’m not looking for answers anymore I’ve just started To wait for a change of heart V3 I’ve been running downhill to an uphill fight And there’s no winning, there’s no use, oh but still I try And I don’t get nothing but so damn tired
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Love Wide Open V1 I wasn’t looking for more but girl you had a lot of it To this day I don’t know how I ever turned your head More than I ever thought I could find Makes a man like me wonder why I get to be the one gettin lipstick love notes on my mirror at night Pre My heart was beatin but I was not alive I’m sure I was breathing but dying on the inside Chorus I didn’t know I needed something more Til you showed me my heart was broken Now girl you make me wanna love wide open V2 I used to hold it all in thought I was more of a man if I didn’t lead on To the things I was feeling no matter how deep or how strong Now you’ve got me laughin or cryin all the time But either way I’m doing just fine The highs are high and the lows are low but you’ve showed me that’s the way love goes Pre Chorus Bridge Now I would not ask for what I did not deserve So I didn’t and I don’t but somehow got your love
9.
Best In Me 04:20
Best in Me V 1 You close your eyes and you try and pretend What it might have been like if I’d of been different A little closer to who you had in mind And all of those things that you only would tell Your mamma or your best friend I know too well Cause I could always see it in your eyes (Chorus) But I’m not your God no I’m hardly a good man I’ll leave you disappointed even cryin at night Wonderin what the hell you got in So if you’re lookin for a reason to be holdin on tonight Just believe the best in me when the best is hard to find V2 Still you’re haunted by the ghost of a perfect man whose shadow I’ve been living in And growing colder with every passing fight Well you never thought that the way to your heart Would be some fool mending it’s pieces after he’s torn it apart But ain’t that the way we are? (Chorus) (Bridge) Just between you and me a perfect man just ain’t your type Think how wrong you would be if he were always so right So I may not be the storybook you wanted your whole life But for the rest of it just try to see the best in me
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Moving On 03:19
MOVING ON V1 Well it don’t make not sense when you tell someone That you’re chasing down a love that’s as good as done No it don’t make no sense when you love someone V2 Well the leaves were gold and the fields all white There was fog on the ground and a tear in my eye I was leaving Mississippi at the break of light PRECHORUS I was tryin to find my baby Before she finds another one Maybe now the memory’s faded Of why she ever let me go CHORUS Well I’ve been down and I’ve been around Long enough to surely know That I’d change anything about me To keep her from moving on V3 Well if I had to guess where she’s gonna be It’s some mountain high or some valley deep Really anywhere just west of me PRECHORUS CHORUS BRIDGE Well Memphis ain’t your kind of town Nashville’s much to lonely now I guess your options they are running out Take a drive down south
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Winding Road 02:32
Winding Road V1 Go on and make your point and I won’t argue Truth is we’re both wrong and we’re both right And some crazy combination of our stumbling around Seems to be the thing that’s keeping this alive V2 There ain’t no one in this whole world can make you so happy I’m the only one that makes you so mad So whether straight or with a bend we’re gonna ride this to the end Til we’re only looking back on where we’ve been (chorus) You want some answers to where this love is going That’s what the winding road is for V3 Every morning it’s a mountain we can’t handle But every night we’re standing on top again We lose some love along the way but at the end of the day We’ve got more than we ever started with (chorus) You want some answers for where this love is going You want some answers to things I just don’t know Well that’s what the winding road is for V4 Every argument turns to a conversation Every tear is met with a smile again And joy blooms out of any obligations Cause this winding road keeps us from wandering (chorus) You want some answers for where this love is going Well that’s what the winding road is for

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released May 22, 2014

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Corey Nolen Birmingham, Alabama

Country music has always been in Corey's veins. Ever since he wrote his first song his music has reflected his long appreciation of the sounds, the form, and the story represented in traditional country music. Corey has released 5 projects in the past 5 years, was named a semi-finalist in the International Songwriting Competition and winner of the “Make Music Alabama” songwriting competition. ... more

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