Ones Before Me - Grace Leer

The ones that I drank all those beers with Made it through those high school years with All those girls I loved who broke my heart All those back roads I drove 'round on That church pew that I got found on That college town where I first got my start All the haters, all the lovers All the friends that are more like brothers All the people I ain't seen in too many years All the faces in the bleachers, the never gave up on me teachers Yeah, this one's for the ones who got me here The ones that said I'd never make it The ones that said: There's your chance, go take it Took all of you for me to get this far Jobs along the way that paid me People who dug deep to raise me Made me who I am, you know who you are All the haters, all the lovers All the friends that are more like brothers All the people I ain't seen in too many years All the faces in the bleachers, the never gave up on me preachers Yeah, this one's for the ones who got me here The ones still around, the ones that are gone My biggest fan, Mama back home All the truth and all the dares All the long shot late-night prayers All the haters, all the lovers My dad and my two brothers All the people I ain't seen in too many years And I thank God that I met you Hope you know I won't forget you This one's for the ones who got me here Yeah, this one's for the ones who got me here, yeah

So why should I take your hand When you can't promise happy endings? It's starting to get old That story yet untold Reflect before we walk into What we already know Won't be so easy Looking back at high school drama Didn't try to fix what we thought were problems Done with writing empty letters Is there no other way? Staring at your reflection every day Can make or break my heart away When you won't listen to what's hard for me to say Those tear stained eyes can make me feel so sad And once again we're further away from what we never had So why should I take your hand When you can't promise happy endings? Just run away with so much left to share It's just not enough When we're so much more than friends We're much too young to throw away our cares There's no sense in regretting what's been said in our yesterdays We're getting backwards double We can look ahead And I would walk so much further just to know what I'm doing here And there's no end to what I'd give To know just what you meant when you said How could I feel alive When we can't help but break our backs just to survive? Is this another time we can't control our lives? Those tear stained eyes can make me feel so sad And once again we're further away from what we never had So why should I take your hand When you can't promise happy endings? Just run away with so much left to share It's just not enough When we're so much more than friends We're much too young to throw away our cares How could I feel alive When we can't help but break our backs just to survive? Is this another time we can't control our lives? Those tear stained eyes can make me feel so sad And once again we're further away from what we never had So why should I take your hand When you can't promise happy endings? Just run away with so much left to share It's just not enough When we're so much more than friends We're much too young to throw away our cares

I bet she looks beautiful dressed in white I'm sure that you're nervous straightening up your tie I hope that I haven't even crossed your mind I bet she looks beautiful all dressed in white I thought it'd be us in the end But in the end Somebody's gotta be the wrong before the right Somebody's gotta be the last time you said goodbye No we didn't have it all but we had a good run Somebody's gotta be the one before the one Looks like forever wasn't ours to hold How was the dress rehearsal? She's the show I should be mad at you I know, I know Looks like forever wasn't ours to hold Somebody's gotta be the wrong before the right Somebody's gotta be the last time you said goodbye No we didn't have it all but we had a good run Somebody's gotta be the one before the one I know that someone's always gonna lose When a lonesome one finds someone new It is what it is, it's just the truth I know that someone's always gonna lose Somebody's gotta be the wrong before the right Somebody's gotta be the last time you said goodbye No we didn't have it all but we had a good run Somebody's gotta be the one before the one I guess I gotta be the one before the one