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2. Believer
I’m a little bit sheltered // I’m a little bit scared // I’m a little bit nervous I’m
going nowhere // I’m a little bit jealous // I’m a little bit slow // I’m a little
bit hurtful // And I don’t wanna let it go // I get a little bit angry when everyone’s
around // But I get a little lonely when no one’s out // I feel my demons // Misleading
me // I’m just a believer that things will get better // Some can take it or leave it
but I don’t wanna let it go // Maybe when I get older // And I’m in the ground // The
weights off my shoulders it was bringing me down // I’ve never been that lucky I’ve
never tasted fame // I’m always looking for something but I hate changin’ // Time fades
// There’s no space // As life breaks new ground // I’m just a believer that things will
get better // Some can take it or leave it but I don’t wanna let it go // It doesn’t
matter what is out there // My head is spinning and it won’t bail out // It doesn’t
matter what is out there // Time fades // There’s no space // As life breaks new ground
Think About It
In the jungle that we roam // To search and find and to explore // All we all we all
know // All we all we don’t know // Pushing back remove the leaves // To find something
bigger than me // All we all we all know // All we all we don’t know // So far so good
// So don’t turn back // So far so good // It’s been hard // Trying to find the best of
it // I’m always hung up on the risk // Don’t over think about it // Hard // When all
that’s left is rearranged // And everything is in the way // Don’t over think about it
// Don’t over think about it // If I think too hard and never leave // I’ll watch the
world turn without me // All we all we all know // All we all we don’t know // To hide
from lions and the wolves // Would never break the fears we hold // All we all we all
know // All we all we don’t know // So far so good // So don’t turn back // So far so
good // It’s been hard // Trying to find the best of it // I’m always hung up on the
risk // Don’t over think about it // Hard // When all that’s left is rearranged // And
everything is in the way // Don’t over think about it // Don’t over think about it //
So far so good // So don’t turn back // So far so good
Best Day Of My Life
I had a dream so big and loud // I jumped so high I touched the clouds // Whoa //
Whoa // I stretched my hands out to the sky // We danced with monsters through the
night // Whoa // Whoa // I’m never gonna look back whoa // I’m never gonna give it up
no // Please don’t wake me now // Woo woo woo // This is gonna be the best day of my
life // My life // I howled at the moon with friends and then the sun came crashing in
// Whoa // Whoa // But all the possibilities no limits just epiphanies // Whoa //
Whoa // I’m never gonna look back whoa // I’m never gonna give it up no // Just don’t
wake me now // Woo woo woo // This is gonna be the best day of my life // My life // I
hear it calling outside my window // I feel it in my soul // The stars were burning so
bright // The sun was out till midnight // I say we lose control // Woo woo woo // This
is gonna be the best day of my life // My life // This is gonna be this gonna be this
has gotta be // The best day of my life // Everything is looking up everybody up now
Luck
How can we make amends // When we said all we said // I call and you don’t pick up //
How can I say instead // That I hope it’s for the best // I won’t, and I won’t give up
// I’m sorry mother // I know I let you down // I’m sorry for how // I up and left this
town // How can we push aside // All the bad and make it right // Now you got me all
choked up // I’m sorry brother // I know I let you down // I’m sorry for how // I up
and left this town // But please just listen // Cause I don’t ask for much // I am my
own man // I make my own luck // How can we both take sides // When we know nothing’s
right // Open up the door that’s shut // How can I have my pride // And drink away my
soul tonight // Sorrows filling up my cup // I’m sorry father // I know I let you down
// I’m sorry for how // I up and left this town // But please just listen // Cause I
don’t ask for much // I am my own man // I make my own luck // Cause some birds aren’t
meant to be caged // And I just can’t see the light of day // Please forgive me I can’t
remember // Please forgive me no one is calling // Please forgive me I can’t believe it
no // Gonna pick myself up so I don’t let this ember grow // Even if I mess up I won’t
let this ever go // It’s hard to stay // Cause some birds aren’t meant to be caged //
How can I set us free // I’m what you taught me to be // Shouldn’t that be enough //
It’s time that we make amends // Let’s forget the things we said // You know we were
all just stuck // I’m sorry mother // I know I let you down // I’m sorry father // I
didn’t stick around // But please just listen // Cause I don’t ask for much // I am my
own man // I make my own luck // But please just listen // Cause I don’t ask for much
// Just like my old man // I make my own luck
Trouble
We grow apart // Just to be on our own // And we walk right next to all that we have
known // Give me your hand and we can climb further up // And we climb the trees and
the forest seems to be bigger now oh we had so much more // I knew she was trouble from
the first kiss // I could tell that something wasn’t right with you // With you // We
take our time to see what is up ahead // But we’re scared of the past and what is left
// We’ll stay inside and never let out our hands // And we’ll pretend that the world
it will never end // No it will never end // I knew she was trouble from the first kiss
// I could tell that something wasn’t right with you // With you // I could feel it
blowing in the night wind // I could tell that something wasn’t right with you // With
you // Why don’t you come back down so we can turn it around // Why don’t you ever know
just to let it go // Cuz nothing comes around for you // So bring me back from one to
two and tell me what else I could do // I knew she was trouble from the first kiss //
I could tell that something wasn’t right with you // With you // I could feel it blowing
in the night wind // I could tell that something wasn’t right with you // With you
Hit It
Some say if you don’t go // Then you won’t know how to let go // When you gotta let
it swerve // Some say if you don’t try // Then you won’t know how to get by // No one
said it wouldn’t hurt // Oh no // If I knew then what I should’ve known now // Up and
down // Jump off the deep end // Wreck this house // I should’ve left with you // With
you // No way out // I met your best friend // She went down // I should’ve made my
move with you // I shoulda, I woulda, I coulda // But I didn’t hit it // Some say if
you break down // And you touch ground // Then you dropped out // Still you got a lot
to learn // But I say take it back up // Throw it on now // Make it stack up // Cause
tonight we’re gonna burn it down // If I knew then // What I should’ve known all along
// Up and down // Jump off the deep end // Wreck this house // I should’ve left with
you // With you // No way out // I met your best friend // She went down // I should’ve
made my move with you // Messed up now // Pissed off the in-crowd // Break this town
// My eyes are set on you // On you // We know now // I’m not your best friend // Broke
all bounds // I’ll make it up to you // To you // I shoulda, I woulda, I coulda // But
I didn’t hit it // I’m feeling lucky // Lay all my cards down // Nothing can stop me
// Tonight we go all out // I’m feeling lucky // I’ll bet my hometown // Nothing can
stop us now // I say if you don’t know then you go slow // Or you don’t go // Don’t be
a no-show // Just let go, let’s get stoned // From the top down // To the down low //
Download // Let’s go // I say if you don’t know // Then you go slow // Or you don’t go
// Don’t be a no-show // Just let go, let’s get stoned // From the top down // To the
down low // Download // Let’s go Up and down // Jump off the deep end // Wreck this
house // I should’ve left with you // With you // No way out // I met your best friend
// She went down // I should’ve made my move with you // Messed up now // Pissed off
the in-crowd // Wreck this town // My eyes are set on you on you // We know now // I’m
not your best friend // Broke all bounds // I’ll make it up to you to you // I shoulda,
I woulda, I coulda // But I didn’t hit it
Home
I’ve got these letters tattooed on my arm that remind me each second of where I come
from and the long hard road to guide me back home // Back to my momma who raised me up
right and back to my lady I held every night, it’s a long hard road, trying to get home
// I’ve been gone now, for too long // I’m not trying to stop a hurricane // I’m not
trying to shake the ground below // I’m just trying to find a way to make it back home //
I’m not trying to part the ocean waves // I’m not trying to overthrow the throne // I’m
just trying to find a way to make it back home // I’m just trying to get home // I’ve got
this image engraved in my mind of a life that I had in a whole different time, it still
breathes and lives at the end of the road // I’ve seen mountains and valleys through
my missing days but I never once parted with how you begged me to stay, I will run down
that long hard and treacherous road to get home // I’m not trying to stop a hurricane //
I’m not trying to shake the ground below // I’m just trying to find a way to make it
back home // I’m not trying to part the ocean waves // I’m not trying to overthrow the
throne // I’m just trying to find a way to make it back home // I’m just trying to get
home // I’ve been gone for so long but my heart it carries on, as it pounds like a drum
on my journey back home, I’ve been gone for so long but my heart it carries on, I won’t
give up // I’m not trying to stop a hurricane // I’m not trying to shake the ground
below // I’m just trying to find a way to make it back home // I’m not trying to part
the ocean waves // I’m not trying to overthrow the throne // I’m just trying to find a
way to make it back home // I’m just trying to get home // I’m just trying to get home
Love
Remember when we were lost at sea // We would look at the bright night sky // Thinking
of, what we could be // Oh what we could be // How to spend our lives // Remember when
we had nothing left // We were strung out in the cold // Holding on trying to save our
breath // Trying to save our breath // We would not let go // Whoa, through the good,
through the bad and ugly // Whoa, we’ll conquer anything // Cuz // One day we’re gonna
come back // And laugh at it all // One day we’ll look at the past // With love love

3. // One day we’re gonna come back // And relive those thoughts // One day we’ll look
at the past // With love love // Remember down in the forest’s heart // We were lost,
lost in hope and faith // We were counting stars // Trying to find our way // Remember
up on the mountain top // Looking out on the rocks below // Thinking God we will never
stop // We will never stop // No we won’t let go // Cuz // One day we’re gonna come
back // And laugh at it all // One day we’ll look at the past // With love love // One
day we’re gonna come back // And relive those thoughts // One day we’ll look at the
past // With love love // Like a scene from the past // Where we look back and laugh
// With love // A thought like a flash // Black and white hope it lasts // With love //
Like a scene from the past // Where we look back and laugh // With love // A thought
like a flash // Black and white hope it lasts // With love // Cuz // One day we’re gonna
come back // And laugh at it all // One day we’ll look at the past // With love love
// One day we’re gonna come back // And relive those thoughts // One day we’ll look at
the past // With love love
Heart of Stone
Oh now you never come around // And then you’re spacing out tonight // I bet I feel it
in my chest // The visions in your head they’re all lies // Oh ya it’s true // Oh ya
it’s true // Well I // I need a friend tonight // I need to make it right // And now I’m
tired of thinking // In spite // I’m always in the right // I never made the time //
It’s all the smiles I’m faking // Oh yeah it’s true // You’ve got this heart of stone
// I’m never breaking through // Feels like a dead end road // So take that any way you
want to // You’ve got this heart of stone // That’s keeping me from you // If I break
that you hate that so take that any way you want to // Inhale // Another thought fails
// Falling off the rails // Tonight // Untamed // A c-c-crazy train // I’m always yours
to blame // In your eyes // Shake a shake it off now // Then you’re take a taking off
now // All around so you can shoot me down I should have gotten out before you started
begging // Oh yeah it’s true // You’ve got this heart of stone // I’m never breaking
through // Feels like a dead end road // So take that any way you want to // You’ve got
this heart of stone // That’s keeping me from you // If I break that you hate that so
take that any way you want to // If only I could live a little bit longer // You’ve got
this heart of stone // I’m never breaking through // Feels like a dead end road // So
take that any way you want to // You’ve got this heart of stone // That’s keeping me
from you // If I break that you hate that so take that any way you want to
Ghost
In the morning when the sun breaks free // A reflection I know I’ve seen // In the night
it’s haunting me // A lonely ghost, a lonely ghost // Ever since I was just a child
// I’ve seen the visions in my sleep // Of a man roaming through the wild, // With all
these ghosts, a lonely ghost // But ya can’t breathe in if ya don’t breathe out // It’s
a new day // We’re gonna go far // Knuckle down, trim and shake off the dead weight //
Ya know what they say // You can’t hide from your ghost // It’s a new day // I want
to go far // Break it down, jump the gun, find a new way // You know what they say //
I’m stuck here living with all these ghosts, a lonely ghost // I’m looking back at a
room for two // The skeletons of all we knew // That we were only broke and bruised //
As you held me close along the coast // And when the morning settles in // And I’ve
learned how to live with it // I can’t rewind all the things I did // And all these
ghosts, the lonely ghost // But ya can’t breathe in if ya don’t breathe out // It’s a
new day // We’re gonna go far // Knuckle down, trim and shake off the dead weight //
Ya know what they say // You can’t hide from your ghost // It’s a new day // I want
to go far // Break it down, jump the gun, find a new way // You know what they say //
I’m stuck here living with all these ghosts, a lonely ghost // Now we know we’ll never
be alone // And we know I want to be alone // It’s a new day // We’re gonna go far //
Knuckle down, trim and shake off the dead weight // Ya know what they say // You can’t
hide from your ghost // It’s a new day // I want to go far // Break it down, jump the
gun, find a new way // You know what they say // I’m stuck here living with all these
ghosts, a lonely ghost
Oh, What a Life
There was snow there was snow stretched for miles and more where we buried where we
buried our souls // Oh I long oh I long for them days left and gone where we sang and
where we danced to a brighter song // But now I look upon a field with bodies stretched
out and I feel nothing // But something’s burning in my soul I let it lose control and
I’m in oh God I’ve sinned // But I tried so hard and we tried so hard // And it’s a long
long road that you told me so // Yeah I tried so hard to forget where we are // And
all we do is laugh and we sing // Woo woo and we laughed and we cried and thought oh,
what a life // But I tried so hard but we killed our hearts // In valleys low I hear
the trumpets blow // Ya I tried so hard yet I’m lost and scarred // And I’m filled with
regret yet I sing // Woo woo and we laughed and we cried and thought oh, what a life
American Authors are:
Zac Barnett – Lead Vocals/Guitars
James Adam Shelley – Guitars/Banjo/Mandolin
Matt Sanchez – Drums/Percussion
Dave Rublin – Bass Guitar
Background Vocals: Zac Barnett, James Adam Shelley,
Matt Sanchez, Dave Rublin, Shep Goodman and Aaron Accetta
Tracks 1-10 written by Zac Barnett, James Adam Shelley, Matt Sanchez, Dave Rublin,
Shep Goodman and Aaron Accetta // © 2014 Published by ROUND HILL COPYRIGHTS (SESAC),
JAMES ADAM SHELLEY PUBLISHING (SESAC) and ZACH BARNETT PUBLISHING (SESAC), All rights
controlled and administered by ROUND HILL COPYRIGHTS (SESAC). // © 2014 Published by
ROUND HILL WORKS (BMI), OWL AND FOX PUBLISHING (BMI) and DAVID RUBLIN PUBLISHING (BMI),
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Track 11 written by Zac Barnett, James Adam Shelley, Matt Sanchez and Dave Rublin
// © 2014 Published by ROUND HILL COPYRIGHTS (SESAC), JAMES ADAM SHELLEY PUBLISHING
(SESAC) and ZACH BARNETT PUBLISHING (SESAC), All rights controlled and administered by
ROUND HILL COPYRIGHTS (SESAC). // © 2014 Published by ROUND HILL WORKS (BMI), OWL AND
FOX PUBLISHING (BMI) and DAVID RUBLIN PUBLISHING (BMI), All rights controlled and
administered by ROUND HILL WORKS (BMI). // All Rights Reserved // Trumpet on “Oh, What
A Life” by Peter Blume // Violin on “Oh, What A Life” by Erica Swindell
Executive Producers: Shep Goodman & Aaron Accetta
Produced by Shep Goodman and Aaron Accetta for Dirty Canvas Productions // Recorded
at Dirty Canvas Studios, Mt. Kisco, NY and Raw Recording, Brewster, NY // Engineer:
Joe Costable // Assistant Engineers: JC Santalis and Jay Fallon // Tracks 1,3,12 Mixed
by: Shep Goodman & Aaron Accetta // Tracks 2,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11 Mixed By: Mark Needham
at The Ballroom Studios // Assistant Mix Engineer: Will Brierre // Mastered by: Chris
Gehringer at Sterling Sound // Additional Production by American Authors
A&R: Steve Yegelwel // A&R Administration: Elizabeth Vago // Management: Shep Goodman
& Alex Brahl at 7S Management // Marketing: Sharon Timure // Mastered by Chris Gehringer
at Sterling Sound, NYC // Art Direction and Design: Steven DeFino // Photography:
Andrew Zaeh & Meredith Truax // Cover Photography: Meredith Truax & Steven DeFino //
Photography and Art Coordination: Sharon Lam // Package Production: Andy Proctor //
Booking: Larry Webman & Matt Galle at Paradigm Agency // Booking (UK/Europe): James
Whitting & Joanna Ashmore at Coda Agency // Business Management: Phil Sarna at PS
Business Mgmt. // Attorney: Neil Shulman at Roberts, Leibowitz & Hafitz // Business and
Legal Affairs: Michael Seltzer, Antoinette Trotman, Ian Allen, Vol S. Davis III
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Lewis Shelley, Gavin and Darrell Shelley, David Hoge, Ed Prasse, Laura Dreyfuss, Jimmy
Liu, Louis Sanchez, Michael Sanchez, Jay Sanchez, Katie Burton, Ryan Rodriguez, Paul
Venzor, Gabriel Herrera, Lauren Rublin, Joel Rublin, Michael Rublin, Jennifer Rublin,
Anne Rublin, Ida Ressler, Grace Jones, Giselle Mynx, Avi Dunn, Alex Andrews, Andrew
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