What, When and Without

Left to right: Ethan Ballinger, Brandon Bell, Russ Pahl, Dennis Crouch, Amanda Fields, Megan McCormick, Matty Alger

The Cabin, Nashville, Tenn., 05/31/2021

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Credits

Amanda Fields - Vocals, Acoustic Guitar

Matty Alger - Drums, Percussion

Ethan Ballinger - Background Vocals, Electric Tenor Guitar, Casio DG-1, Piano

Dennis Crouch - Double Bass

Cruz Contreras - Featured Vocals, Piano

Ryan Culwell - Featured Vocals

Christina Harper - Background Vocals

Megan McCormick - Background Vocals, Featured Vocals, Electric Guitar, Acoustic Guitar

Russ Pahl - Pedal Steel Guitar

Recorded and mixed by Brandon Bell

Mastered by Shelley Anderson, Black Lab Mastering

Recorded at The Cabin, Nashville, Tenn.

Album cover photo/artwork by John Brown

Lyrics

What A Fool

(Amanda Fields, Megan McCormick / Blue Ridge Girl Music, Eyes of Green Publishing)

Tangled on my tongue
The words got tangled on my tongue
What a fool I've become
What a fool

I should have wished you well
I should have said goodnight
I try to speak the truth
But sometimes I guess the truth don't come out right

What a fool I've become
Why can't I be easy to love
Who can forget me now
Is somebody sorry for leaving

Look me in the eyes
You know I've got nothing to hide
I'm just looking for a friend to get me through the end
And hold me through the night

What a fool I've become
Why can't I be easy to love
Who can forget me now
Is somebody sorry for leaving

What a fool I've become
Why can't I be easy to love
Who can forget me now
Is somebody sorry for leaving
me

2 Steppin’

(Amanda Fields, Dawn Kenney / Blue Ridge Girl Music, Heart Roots Music)

After work there's no hurry to get home these days
So I stopped for a drink in a dimly lit place
I tore up a napkin over a warm glass of rye
And when I looked up, I got caught in his eyes

He sat down beside me before I could even speak
With an innocent smile, said, "Can I buy you a drink?"
Well, it was red wine from then on, laughing, carrying on
And when he took my hand, I didn't feel so alone

Slow dancing with a stranger, too close to danger
As he pressed his body to mine
And the feeling got stronger as the looks got longer
Two stepping too close to the line

So we ordered just one more, took it back to the dance floor
While the band played a slow cheating song
And I knew it would end soon, so I held him tight
We could have made sweet love, but it just wasn't right

Slow dancing with a stranger, too close to danger
As he pressed his body to mine
And the feeling got stronger as the looks got longer
Two stepping too close to the line

And the feeling got stronger as the looks got longer
Two stepping too close to the line
Too close to the line

I Love You More Today

(L.E. White / Stringer Publishing Co)

I want you more than any woman can
You mean more to me than any other man
But she's with you and things you do with her
We've done them for so long
I love you more today than she can from now on

We've already done the things she plans to do
So don't be surprised if late at night
I'm in your dreams with you
And if someday her love for you goes wrong
I love you more today than she can from now on

I kissed away your tears when you were sad
Held you close, felt your warm love when you were glad
So no matter how much love she has for you or how long
I love you more today than she can from now on

We've already done the things she plans to do
So don't be surprised if late at night
I'm in your dreams with you
And if someday her love for you goes wrong
I love you more today than she can from now on

I love you more today than she can from now on
Than she can from now on

Diamonds

(Amanda Fields / Blue Ridge Girl Music)

I don't know any lawyers, I didn't think I'd have two
When I signed on the line and took the same name as you
How am I supposed to end it if I don't know where to start
Or hold it together when we're falling apart

Questions in my mind still stir
But right now just one thing's for sure

Diamonds aren't forever
Hearts can change like the weather
Once a sky so blue can turn to grey
And 'I do' can turn to 'I don't' someday

There's a whole lot of lessons to learn in these times
But right now I feel like I'm walking around blind
I found peace in a bottle and my momma's voice
When I called to tell her, I said it wasn't my choice

There's questions in everyone's mind
How'd it ever lose its shine

Well, diamonds aren't forever
Hearts can change like the weather
Once a sky so blue can turn to grey
And 'I do' can turn to 'I don't' someday

Once a sky so blue can turn to grey
And 'I do' can turn to 'I don't' someday

When I Met You

(Amanda Fields, Megan McCormick / Blue Ridge Girl Music, Eyes of Green Publishing)

I was dying when I met you, I'd fallen in love with the pouring rain
Fearing a feeling, a feeling of healing and no more pain
So good at hiding, so good at crying, it's so insane
The things we get used to, well, babe, I've been used too
I've played the game
Ooo, ooo, ooo

I remember it so well, seems just like yesterday
You were standing there waiting for me to say something I couldn't say
There's nothing to cling to in a dream that won't come true
It slips away
The heart goes on beating, though it takes a beating to show the way
Ooo, ooo, ooo
Ooo, ooo, ooo

I'm not scared anymore
I'm not scared anymore
I'm not scared

I'm not scared anymore
I'm not scared anymore
I'm not scared

I was dying when I met you, I'd fallen in love with the pouring rain

Trail of Unforgiveness (feat. Ryan Culwell)

(Amanda Fields, Ethan Ballinger, Ryan Culwell, Megan McCormick / Biffness, Blue Ridge Girl Music, Eyes of Green Publishing, Remroc Music)

How can I tell ya, when I can't be with ya now
Could you understand this strange situation
I've never asked for anything, do you think I'm weak?
Can you please send a photograph, what a strange situation

We just threw the tents up and we're calling her Camp Eden
There's minefields on three sides, who'd ever dream of leaving
If we ain't stitching 'em together then they're keeping us in stitches
Who knew the enemy were such funny sons of bitches

Running out of reason, running out of time
Trying to build a world just to leave it all behind

Sometimes I close my eyes so I can hear you sing a tune
But I'm so far away, might as well be on the moon
Still got your photograph, it's damn near torn in two
Here comes another round, I'll catch up with you soon

Running out of reason, running out of time
Trying to build a world just to leave it all behind

The trail of unforgiveness is always on your mind
But you can be forgiven, it can happen anytime

Mourning Dove

(Amanda Fields, Megan McCormick / Blue Ridge Girl Music, Eyes of Green Publishing)

Mourning dove on the line
Crying all the time
I'd give anything
Just to hear you sing

Mourning dove on the line
It's almost mid-July
I'll wait for some kind of sign
It can't be far behind

What went without goodbye?
What went without goodbye?
What went without goodbye?
What went without goodbye

Moving Mountains (feat. Megan McCormick)

(Amanda Fields, Megan McCormick / Blue Ridge Girl Music, Eyes of Green Publishing)

She done so much good in her lifetime
Everybody held on like she was a lifeline
Like a sparrow in a storm on the day that it was born
Such a short time to know so much about hard times

Hazel, Hazel, sweet Mother Maybelle
I'm looking to you, and, lord, it's a deep well
I'm trying to figure it out, what it's all about
And moving mountains ain't bigger than me

The future is stored in the seed
Not a wanting for more than what it will need
It wraps around like a vine, sweet muscadine wine
The works of an angel to be

Hazel, Hazel, sweet Mother Maybelle
I'm looking to you, and, lord, it's a deep well
I'm trying to figure it out, what it's all about
And moving mountains ain't bigger than me

Hazel, Hazel, sweet Mother Maybelle
I'm looking to you, and, lord, it's a deep well
I'm trying to figure it out, what it's all about
And moving mountains ain't bigger than me

No, moving mountains ain't bigger than me

Lucky (feat. Cruz Contreras)

Amanda Fields, Megan McCormick / Blue Ridge Girl Music, Eyes of Green Publishing)

Baby, I'm not who I used to be
Everything is changing, of course it's changing me
Enough with this who I thought I was
If we're gonna name it, let's just call it love

I'm lucky to be alive,
Lucky to be with you
For every tear I've cried, there's been a dream come true
It's nearer than forever now, it's right here in my arms
Baby, if it weren't for you, what would have happened to my heart?

Where we're going don't care where we've been
Who knows how it started or where it's gonna end
The world will turn well after we are gone
And letting go has taught me how to hold on

I'm lucky to be alive,
Lucky to be with you
For every tear I've cried, there's been a dream come true
It's nearer than forever now, it's right here in my arms
Baby, if it weren't for you, what would have happened to my heart

It's nearer than forever now, it's right here in my arms
Baby, if it weren't for you, what would have happened to my heart

Without You

(Amanda Fields, Megan McCormick / Blue Ridge Girl Music, Eyes of Green Publishing)

I'm hoping I can set it free, stop wanting you to want me
Now I know the feeling is gone
I tried to make the pieces fit, it's the hardest thing to admit
I was hoping to find what was lost

Everything's so out of place
I should have just given you space

I know I took it too far, took everything to heart
Now I know I held on too hard
I'm hoping I'm learning as much as I'm hurting
Now that I know just what we are

Everything's so out of place
I should have just given you space

I open the window whenever the wind blows
And try not to feel like a fool
I'm learning to let go, it's hard to believe though
I'm wondering what will I do
without you

There's no use in pretending, I always cry at the ending
Watching the last curtain fall
I don't need you to be a witness, I'll find my own forgiveness
Now I know I gave it my all

I open the window whenever the wind blows
And try not to feel like a fool
I'm learning to let go, it's hard to believe though
I'm wondering what will I do
I'm wondering what will I do
without you