Chapter & Verse Album Lyrics by Gabby Barrett

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The Chapter

I turn the pages
"2010" on the back in ink
Flippin' through faces
Pictures of the little me

Yeah, laundry hangin' on the line
Come on in, it's suppertime
Middle school's a disaster
Fast forward to right now
I ain't got it figured out
This is a chapter

I ain't a kid, but I ain't all the way grown
And I'm makin' a mess, but I'm makin' a home
I'm blazin' the trails and I'm burnin' the biscuits
I still ask for help and God is still listenin' and
I'm finally lettin' go of things that don't really matter
This is a chapter
This is a chapter

I've had some bad ones
Some antics that I didn't like
Even the sad ones
I wouldn't wanna rewrite

Yeah, 'cause it got me where I am
Holdin' your hand in my hand
Little feet pitter-patter
All the nights roll into days
But I'm lovin' the crazy life of this chapter

I ain't a kid, but I ain't all the way grown
And I'm makin' a mess, but I'm makin' a home
I'm blazin' the trails and I'm burnin' the biscuits
I still ask for help and God is still listenin' and
I'm finally lettin' go of things that don't really matter
This is a chapter
This is a chapter

For by grace, I have been saved, oh
This is a verse I read every day

I ain't a kid, but I ain't all the way grown
And I'm makin' a mess, but I'm makin' a home
I'm blazin' the trails and I'm burnin' the biscuits
I still ask for help and God is still listenin' and
I'm finally lettin' go of things that don't really matter
This is a chapter
This is a chapter

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Cowboy Back

Red dirt, wear it like a badge on your work boots
White t-shirt that you sweat through, oh, lovin' that view
Workin' that land looks good on you
Blue jeans, all torn out from the wild fence
Old red diesel you're ridin', oh, you and that Ford
Nah, they don't make 'em like that no more

Bring back them Carhartt's baby
Break out them old Lucchese's
Black Stetson keep the sun out your eyes
My shotgun ride or die
"Yes, ma'am" with a southern accent
Stand up for what needs standing
Thank God I got a man like that
Look at you bring cowboy back

Real men, once they give their word, they don't go back
Takes a little more than a Bass Pro cap and a scole ringin' back
I want the whole truck not the trucker hat

Bring back them Carhartt's baby
Break out them old Lucchese's
Black Stetson keep the sun out your eyes
My shotgun ride or die
"Yes, ma'am" with a southern accent
Stand up for what needs standing
Thank God I got a man like that
Look at you bring cowboy back

Bring back them Carhartts baby
Break out them old Lucchese's
Black Stetson keep the sun out your eyes
My shotgun ride or die
"Yes, ma'am" with a southern accent
Stand up for what needs standing
Thank God I got a man like that
Look at you bring cowboy back

Oh, yeah
Oh, bringin' cowboy back

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Dance Like No One's Watching

Mm

I was seven years old, he was holdin' my hand
So we walked in the gym, he could tell I was scared
Said, "You can pretend, it's just you and me"
So I closed my eyes and I stood on his feet

And he said, "Dance like no one's watchin'
Whatever you do
And if life gives you love, fall in
But always be you
Oh, 'cause, girl, it's a big world
And it's so easy to get lost in
So dance like no one's watchin'"

Oh, no, no

He taped up the last box and he shut the trunk
Said, "Go have a ball, just don't drink too much"
You should be there by dark, you're an hour ahead
Let us know you got there and never forget

Oh, to dance like no one's watchin'
Whatever you do
And if life gives you love, fall in
But always be you
Oh, 'cause, girl, it's a big world
And it's so easy to get lost in
So dance like no one's watchin'"

Oh, no

I can't believe that you picked this song
You can hold it together, just don't look at Mom
It's just like we practiced, back at the house
Use those two left feet, spin me around

Daddy, dance like no one's watchin'
Whatever you do
And if life gives you love, then fall in
But always be you
Oh, I know it's a big world
And it's so easy to get lost in
So dance like no one's watchin'

Ooh

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Glory Days

Oh, got the sun setting down on the grass and the yard
Got my head on your shoulder and my hand on your heart
Watchin' the barefoot babies laughin' and pickin' daisies
Catchin' the fireflies in a jar

This is as good as it gets, I don't know what I would change
I love this life that we live, I love that smile on your face
No, we ain't gotta look back at all those pictures in frames
And wish it all stayed the same
'Cause right here, right now I say these are the glory days

It's a first sip of coffee in a quiet house
It's bible verses in the kitchen like it's holy ground
Livin' right don't cost a thing, it's the slow roll of a porch swing
It's dogs runnin' while the birds sing
It's you picking that six string

This is as good as it gets, I don't know what I would change
I love this life that we live, I love that smile on your face
No, we ain't gotta look back at all those pictures in frames
And wish it all stayed the same
'Cause right here, right now I say these are the glory days
Ooh, these are the glory days

This is as good as it gets, I don't know what I would change
I love this life that we live, I love that smile on your face
No, we ain't gotta look back at all those pictures in frames
And wish it all stayed the same
'Cause right here, right now I say these are the glory days

Oh, yeah, right here, right now I say these are the glory days
Oh, these are the glory days

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Had It All

That yard seems so much bigger
Rooms are smaller than I remember
Daddy duct-taped up my bedroom window
To keep the cold winter out
Sharpie on the kitchen door frame
Screen door that never did shut straight
It wasn't the kind of place on the pages of a magazine
But in the cracks of the paint, I see what I used to be

That house ain't our house anymore
Now home ain't walking through the door
I know they say you can't go back
But sometimes I just need that
Feeling I felt in those walls
Smile like the pictures in the halls
We didn't have it all together
But together, we had it all
Together, we had it all

Packed up all those memories
First lock of curls and first-place trophies
Scrapbooks of every birthday party
And all those Christmas Eves
New people moved in when we moved out
Sometimes I can't help but think about
Does that place get as lonely as I do
Without all that love we fit under that roof?

That house ain't our house anymore
And home ain't walking through the door
I know they say you can't go back
But sometimes I just need that
Feeling I felt in those walls
Smile like the pictures in the halls
We didn't have it all together
But together, we had it all
Together, we had it all

You could drive by and you wouldn't even blink
Oh, but it was everything, it was everything to me (to me, oh)

That house ain't our house anymore
And home ain't walking through the door
I know they say you can't go back
But sometimes I just need that
Feeling I felt in those walls
Smile like the pictures in the halls
We didn't have it all together
But together, we had it all
Together, we had it all

Mm

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Hard To Read

Ooh
Mm

I'm gon' keep you guessin'
If it was up to me, I wouldn't
Sometimes I keep hidden
The things that I shouldn't
The look on my face ain't gonna give away a lot
I'll say I'm fine even when I'm not

Oh, baby, I'm hard to read
Give it time and you'll see
I don't hate the world when I get mad
Sometimes I don't cry when I get sad
This open book ain't always open
High and low, ain't always showin'
If you're gonna go all in on lovin' me
You gotta love a little hard-to-read

Mm, I won't always say it
Baby, the way you're drivin' me wild
But you'll learn how to see it
The way you're makin' me smile
Sometimes I need space, sometimes I don't
Sometimes my love will show, sometimes it won't

Baby, I'm hard to read
Give it time and you'll see
I don't hate the world when I get mad
Sometimes I don't cry when I get sad
This open book ain't always open
High and low, ain't always showin'
If you're gonna go all in on lovin' me
You gotta love a little hard-to-read

Just a little bit hard to read, yeah

Just 'cause I don't wear my heart on my sleeve
Don't mean it ain't yours to keep

Baby, I'm hard to read
Give it time and you'll see
I don't hate the world when I get mad
Sometimes I don't cry when I get sad
This open book ain't always open
High and low, ain't always showin'
If you're gonna go all in on lovin' me
You gotta love a little hard-to-read

(A little bit hard to read)
(A little bit, I'm a little bit hard to read)
(A little bit, I'm a little bit hard to read)
(A little bit, I'm a little bit hard to read)

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Growin' Up Raising You

Six in the morning, hands are shaking
Half ready, half scared to death
Hand me the world, wrapped in a plain blanket
The world falls asleep on my chest
I'm so in love even more we just met
Got no clue what I should do next

We'll get it wrong, we'll get it right
Whole lot of tears we both have to cry
You'll learn to run, I'll learn to let go
Years will go fast, nights will go slow
But Lord knows the best thing that I'll ever do
Will be growin' up raising you

I sat in the backseat, it was twenty miles back home
Holding my breath the whole way
Through the knee scrapes, the heartbreaks and learning the hard way
We're both gonna turn out okay

We'll get it wrong, we'll get it right
Whole lot of tears we both have to cry
You'll learn to run, I'll learn to let go
Years will go fast, nights will go slow
But Lord knows the best thing that I'll ever do
Will be growin' up raising you

You'll crawl 'til you run and you'll run 'til you drive
And your driving will drive us both crazy
Wherever you go and whatever you do
Just know you'll never not be my baby

We'll get it wrong, we'll get it right
Whole lot of tears we both have to cry
You'll learn to run, I'll learn to let go
Years will go fast, nights will go slow
But Lord knows the best thing that I'll ever do
Will be growin' up raising you

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Off The Highway

You got the truck, I got the time, goin' sixty-five
Under the stars, passin' the pines
Oh, you got eyes that make me wanna fall
Exit up ahead, you can make the call
Let's get lost and see what we find

Baby, let's take this off the highway
Get a little kicked-up-gravel sideways
Feels like a few wrong turns can feel so right
Why don't we find a red-dirt parkin' spot?
Boots on the dash, I can lay the shotgun seat back
While you can slide on over my way
Off the highway
Off the highway, yeah, yeah

You pick the band, I pick the song
We can watch our shadows do a little dance with the headlights on
Oh, we can roll down to the county fair
Cotton-candy kiss, hand in my hair
Either way, we got all night long

Baby, let's take this off the highway
Get a little kicked-up-gravel sideways
Feels like a few wrong turns can feel so right
Why don't we find a red-dirt parkin' spot?
Boots on the dash, I can lay the shotgun seat back
While you can slide on over my way
Off the highway, yeah

Off the highway, off the highway
Off the highway, off the highway

Baby, let's take this off the highway
Get a little kicked-up-gravel sideways
Feels like a few wrong turns can feel so right
Why don't we find a red-dirt parkin' spot?
Boots on the dash, I can lay the shotgun seat back
While you can slide on over my way
Off the highway, yeah, hey (off the highway)
(Off the highway, off the highway)

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You're My Texas

I can get lost on a merry-go-round
Spinnin' in circles, baby
It's hard to get my two bare feet on my ground
When the world gets heavy

I know where to run to
When the day is done, it's you

You're my home away from home
You're blue bonnets growin' wild
Boy, no matter where I roam
You're my Nacogdoches sky
Where I hang my hat when I get restless
You're my Texas

Steady as a sunset, strong as a pine
Someday, church bells ringin'
Sweet as the honey, silver-green on the vine
Little bit of everythin' I'm needin'

I know where to run to
When the day is done, it's you, you, you

You're my home away from home
You're blue bonnets growin' wild
Boy, no matter where I roam
You're my Nacogdoches sky
Where I hang my hat when I get restless
You're my Texas

And I could chase this dream of mine all around the world
But as long as I'm your girl

You're my home away from home
You're blue bonnets growin' wild
Boy, no matter where I roam
You're my Nacogdoches sky
Where I hang my hat when I get restless
Where I hang my hat when I get restless
You're my Texas

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Jesus On A Train

If I saw Jesus on a train
Would I even ask His name?
Or just use it all in vain, maybe offer Him some change?
Or just let Him get off all alone and walk home in the rain?

If I saw Jesus at my door
Would I leave Him on the porch?
Or would I break bread with Him, bow my head and say, "Amen"?
Or just turn off the lights and lock the door, too scared to let Him in?

Would it be a stranger passin' in the night?
Would I just see danger, would I see the light in His eyes?
In a moment, could I feel it in myself?
Would I even know?

If I saw Jesus at my church
With no shoes and an untucked shirt
Would I offer Him a seat or just turn the other cheek?
Would I see myself in Him or just somebody off the street?

Would it be a stranger passin' in the night?
Would I just see danger, would I see the light in His eyes?
In a moment, could I feel it in myself?
Would I even know?

Would I even know?

If I saw Jesus on a train
Would I even ask His name?
Or just use it in vain, maybe offer Him some change?
Or just let Him get off all alone
And walk home in the rain?

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Grow Apart

Now you hear it all the time
"Ten years down the drain"
People signin' dotted lines
All 'cause they drifted away
"But that'll never be us"
Well, that's easy to say
'Cause we're crazy in love
But at some point, so were they

I guess even when you know, when you know
There's still a whole lot that you don't

I ain't afraid of growin' up
Ain't nobody just stays young
Ain't afraid to put some roots in the ground
Watch 'em grow into hummingbird lilies in the yard
I ain't afraid of growin' old
Hair goin' all gray from gold
Ain't a growin' pain that can break my heart
Long as we never grow apart

Lines on my face gettin' deeper
Nah, that ain't one of my fears
It's wakin' up with a stranger
That I've been with for years

So, baby, hold me
Never stop tryin' to get to know me

'Cause I ain't afraid of growin' up
Ain't nobody just stays young
Ain't afraid to put some roots in the ground
Watch 'em grow into hummingbird lilies in the yard
I ain't afraid of growin' old
Hair goin' all gray from gold
Ain't a growin' pain that can break my heart
Long as we never grow apart

Baby, hold me
Never stop tryin' to get to know me
Fight with me, try with me
Never be too strong to cry with me
Pray with me, stay with me
Even when I push you away from me
Look at me, really look at me
Tell me that you love me every day

I ain't afraid of growin' up
Ain't nobody just stays young
Ain't afraid to put some roots in the ground
Watch 'em grow into hummingbird lilies in the yard
I ain't afraid of growin' old
Hair goin' all gray from gold
Ain't a growin' pain that can break my heart
Long as we never grow apart

Baby, hold me
Never stop tryin' to get to know (we never grow apart, no)
Fight with me, try with me
Never be too strong to cry with me
Pray with me, stay with me (oh, yeah)
Even when I push you away from me (oh)
Look at me, really look at me
Tell me that you love me every day (love me every day)

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God, Money & Love

On a two lane highway on the way out of town
When the sky opens up and the rain starts pourin' down
When you climb as high as you wanna go
Or you find the tail end of your road
Without a doubt, it's all that you think about

One drives you to crazy, one's way overrated
One can break you, one can make you, one you trust
One saves you from lonely, one's your one and only
Bottom line, no matter what, can't get enough
God, money and love
God, money and love

When you're looking in the eyes of the best thing that's ever been
When you're achin' for the start standin' all the way at the end
When your blessings outweigh your mistakes
When you're down and out or when you got it made
Without a doubt it's all that you think about

One drives you to crazy, one's way overrated
One can break you, one can make you, one you trust
One saves you from lonely, one's your one and only
Bottom line, no matter what, can't get enough
God, money and love

One's light in a dark place, one comes with a blind faith
One'll break you, one'll make you, one you'll learn to trust

One saves you from lonely, one's your one and only
Bottom line, no matter what, can't get enough
God, money and love
God, money and love, mm

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All Of My Life

I take things for granted, I don't let my feelings show
Sometimes all the little things that I think matter don't
Sometimes I complicate it, it's hard to talk it out
I'll try my best to say it, ain't no doubt about

The way that you're my everything
The way that I'd be lost without ya
It just don't feel like home without my arms around you
I don't always make it easy
I don't always say it right
But I promise you, I do, and I'll love you all of my life

Mm, mm

I wish I could go back and rewind those stupid fights
Instead of tryin' to win, I'll lose my pride
And look you in the eye and remind you

The way that you're my everything
The way that I'd be lost without ya
It just don't feel like home without my arms around you
I don't always make it easy
I don't always say it right
But I promise you, I do, and I'll love you all of my life

When you close your eyes and you walk out the door
Baby, I hope you know for sure

The way that you're my everything
The way that I'd be lost without ya
It just don't feel like home without my arms around you
I don't always make it easy
I don't always say it right
But I promise you, I do, and I'll love you all of my life

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The Verse: Doxology (Amen))

[Gabby Barrett & Phil Wickham]
Praise God, from whom all blessings flow
Praise Him, all creatures here below
Praise Him above, ye heavenly hosts
Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost

Praise God for all that He has done
Praise Him for He has overcome
The grave is beaten, love has won
Praise Him forever, Christ the Son

Amen