Verse
D# A# Cm
So I heard you made New Music Friday
G# Gm A#
Well congratz from a truck stop somewhere out on the highway
G# A# Cm A# Gm G#
I’m out here this summer chasing down dreams
Fm A#
Watching the rearview and eating baked beans
[Verse 2]
D# A# Cm
You could say that I’m doing things my way
G# D# A#
Though it seems like for years now my life has gone sideways
G# A# Cm A# Gm G#
But I’ll keep this tour van between both the lines
Fm A#
Break my guitar strings and scream in the mic
C# A#
And offset the carbon that I oxidize
G#
‘Cuz I’m trying my freakin best
[Interlude]
D# A# Cm G# Gm A# G# A# Cm A# Gm G# Fm A#
[Verse 3]
D# A# Cm
My phone says I’m in mid life crisis
G# D# A#
That Reddit thread’s dead, left to my own devices
G# A# Cm A# Gm G#
So I’m out making music and making new friends
Fm A#
In all likelihood never see them again
C# A#
‘Cuz I’m lonely and lost and fucked up in the head
G#
But I’m trying
[Chorus]
G# D#
So I’ll stand on a stage in Mobile, Alabama
Gm G#
My heart beating out of my chest
G#
‘Cuz baby I’m trying
G#
Yes I’m trying
D#
My freakin best
[Guitar Solo]
D# Cm G# D# A# G# A# Cm Fm A# D# A# Cm G# Gm A# G# A# Cm Fm A#
[Verse 4]
D# A# Cm
I’m trying to be a little less tragic
G# D# A#
For the first time in my life I’m trying to find magic
G# A#
I’m trying to be reckless
Cm A# Gm G#
I’m trying to be brave
G# A# Cm A# Gm G#
I’m trying to be someone who tries to behave
G# A# Cm A# Gm G#
I’m trying to unlock all the bolts on my cage
G#
I’m trying
[Chorus]
G# D#
So I’ll stand on a stage in Mobile, Alabama
Gm G#
My heart beating out of my chest
G#
‘Cuz baby I’m trying
G#
Yes I’m trying
G#
My freakin best
[Outro]
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