The Painter - Cody Johnson

Are you alone in these northern states Lost in chemicals and your grave fate Like stars they got lost in the cities shine Remember how you sewed yourself back with bailing twine And in this house you found All my painting that you could not read Those chemicals won't let you see All that I am and will not be But when there's nothing left in your star lit sky All lost in the summer heat of this empty July And let the catalyst of your aging shine Because it's the painter and the chemist who see the beauty in the absence of light Now on the bow you stand All left with nothing to show but your empty hands Now call out To those ghost they'll never show you land But when there's nothing left in your star lit sky All lost in the summer heat of this empty July And let the catalyst of your aging shine Because it's the painter and the chemist who see the beauty in the absence of light

If I were a painter I would paint my reverie If that's the only way for you to be with me We'd be there together Just like we used to be Underneath the swirling skies for all to see And I'm dreaming of a place Where I could see your face And I think my brush would take me there But only If I were a painter And could paint a memory I'd climb inside the swirling skies to be with you And I'm dreaming of a place Where I could see your face And I think my brush would take me there Would only If I were a painter And could paint a memory I'd climb inside the swirling skies to be with you I'd climb inside the skies to be with you

You can paint these wings and make me fly. (Repeated throughout) Crush coming over like the R.E.M kind Orange in the colour like Blackpool on the sunrise

If I were a painter I would paint my reverie If that's the only way for you to be with me We'd be there together Just like we used to be Underneath the swirling skies for all to see And I'm dreaming of a place Where I could see your face And I think my brush would take me there But only If I were a painter And could paint a memory I'd climb inside the swirling skies to be with you And I'm dreaming of a place Where I could see your face And I think my brush would take me there But only If I were a painter And could paint a memory I'd climb inside the swirling skies to be with you I'd climb inside the skies to be with you

I don't care what you say you can give it away Your money don't mean much to me I've been out on my own, gonna go alone now 'Cause that's the way it's got to be Everybody tells me how I can beat the odds for now I've been standing by the fire I just can't feel the heat, can't feel the heat Heartbeat I'm looking for a heartbeat Heartbeat I'm looking for a heartbeat Beating like mine Looking at me it's easy to see You think you know just how I feel If you do to me wrong and it won't take me long Before my restless heart will heal I'm looking for a love, love like mine They tell me it's so hard to find But I can feel it in the rhythm Of the heartbeat in the street Heartbeat I'm looking for a heartbeat Heartbeat I'm looking for a heartbeat Beating like mine Beating like mine Tell me what you feel now Without a heartbeat Tell me is it real now Without a heartbeat? Heartbeat Heartbeat I'm looking for a heartbeat Heartbeat I'm looking for a heartbeat Heartbeat Heartbeat I'm looking for a heartbeat Heartbeat I'm looking for a heartbeat Heartbeat Heartbeat (no matter where your hidin' girl) I'm looking for a heartbeat (I'll find you walkin' somewhere) Heartbeat (my heart is beatin' for ya now) I'm looking for a heartbeat (I'll find you walkin' somewhere) Heartbeat (it's really beatin' for me now) I'm looking for a heartbeat (your heart is beatin' for me, yeah) Heartbeat (I'll find you walkin' somewhere) I'm looking for a heartbeat (outside walkin' the street now) Heartbeat (you're really, really hidin' girl) I'm looking for a heartbeat (outside walkin' somewhere