There's a dress in the closet, that I just can't throw away
I know it might sound crazy, but I haven't changed your pillowcase
A heart half full, or half empty
Is half gone either way, with you gone
What went wrong?
Maybe the hardest part
Is we didn't break this heart
Nobody cheated or lied
I still have to live with goodbye
But how can I just move on?
I've loved you for way too long
I don't want to admit that you're
gone
I don't wanna write this song
Don't wanna write this song
Another glass of whiskey, by your picture in a frame
I'm playin' all the black keys and cryin' out your name
I'm holdin' on, or lettin' go
It's gonna kill me either way
With you gone
Oh
Maybe the hardest part
Is we didn't break this heart
Nobody cheated or lied
I still have to live with goodbye
But how can I just move on?
I've loved you for way too long
I don't want to
admit that you're gone
I don't wanna write this song
Don't wanna write this song
Bobby pins on the dresser
Wilted flowers in a vase
I left a rose on your headstone
I never quite know what to say
Oh maybe the hardest part
Is we didn't break this heart
Nobody cheated or lied
I still have to live with goodbye
But how can I just move on?
I've loved you for way too long
Don't want to admit that you're gone
I don't wanna write this song
No, don't wanna write this song
I don't wanna write this song
Mmm, don't wanna write this song, whoa
Brett Young
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There's a dress in the closet, that I just can't throw away I know it might sound crazy, but I haven't changed your pillowcase A heart half full, or half empty Is half gone either way, with you gone What went wrong? Maybe the hardest part Is we didn't break this heart Nobody cheated or lied I still have to live with goodbye But how can I just move on? I've loved you for way too long I don't want to admit that you're gone I don't wanna write this song Don't wanna write this song Another glass of whiskey, by your picture in a frame I'm playin' all the black keys and cryin' out your name I'm holdin' on, or lettin' go It's gonna kill me either way With you gone Oh Maybe the hardest part Is we didn't break this heart Nobody cheated or lied I still have to live with goodbye But how can I just move on? I've loved you for way too long I don't want to admit that you're gone I don't wanna write this song Don't wanna write this song Bobby pins on the dresser Wilted flowers in a vase I left a rose on your headstone I never quite know what to say Oh maybe the hardest part Is we didn't break this heart Nobody cheated or lied I still have to live with goodbye But how can I just move on? I've loved you for way too long Don't want to admit that you're gone I don't wanna write this song No, don't wanna write this song I don't wanna write this song Mmm, don't wanna write this song, whoaBecome A Better Singer In Only 30 Days, With Easy Video Lessons!
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When Brett Young went into the co-writing session that produced "Don't Wanna Write This Song," the last track on his sophomore album, Ticket to L.A., he knew he wanted to walk out with a song that encompassed the same mood as his heartbreak ballad "Mercy," a hit single from his debut album. In order to accomplish that task, he called on Sean McConnell, the writer who had helped him pen "Mercy," as well as fellow songwriter Zach Crowell.
Breakup songs are familiar territory for McConnell, and when Young told his co-writers about the song he hoped to create that day, McConnell was so inspired that he wound up writing part of the song before the session even started. Read on to learn more, in Young's own words.
"I Don't Wanna Write This Song" was actually a title that I tried to write by myself 10 years ago in LA, and it was a terrible, terrible song. This was the first time I had ever revisited an idea and had it work.
I actually woke up to a voice note from [Sean McConnell] the day of our write. It was just piano, and not only a lot of melody but a lot of lyrics, so we had a lot to build on ... A lot of what you're hearing melodically, and the piano part, as well as a lot of the lyrics, we kept from the idea [he] had sent that morning.
I mean, I think I have all of Sean's records; I've been a fan for a really long time. [He] obviously does heartbreak very well, and the fact that I naturally gravitate towards ballads, I think it's a good pairing for a song like that.
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