Believer

Im a little bit sheltered // Im a little bit scared // Im a little bit nervous Im

going nowhere // Im a little bit jealous // Im a little bit slow // Im a little
bit hurtful // And I dont wanna let it go // I get a little bit angry when everyones
around // But I get a little lonely when no ones out // I feel my demons // Misleading
me // Im just a believer that things will get better // Some can take it or leave it
but I dont wanna let it go // Maybe when I get older // And Im in the ground // The
weights off my shoulders it was bringing me down // Ive never been that lucky Ive
never tasted fame // Im always looking for something but I hate changin // Time fades
// Theres no space // As life breaks new ground // Im just a believer that things will
get better // Some can take it or leave it but I dont wanna let it go // It doesnt
matter what is out there // My head is spinning and it wont bail out // It doesnt
matter what is out there // Time fades // Theres no space // As life breaks new ground
Think About It
In the jungle that we roam // To search and find and to explore // All we all we all
know // All we all we dont know // Pushing back remove the leaves // To find something
bigger than me // All we all we all know // All we all we dont know // So far so good
// So dont turn back // So far so good // Its been hard // Trying to find the best of
it // Im always hung up on the risk // Dont over think about it // Hard // When all
thats left is rearranged // And everything is in the way // Dont over think about it
// Dont over think about it // If I think too hard and never leave // Ill watch the
world turn without me // All we all we all know // All we all we dont know // To hide
from lions and the wolves // Would never break the fears we hold // All we all we all
know // All we all we dont know // So far so good // So dont turn back // So far so
good // Its been hard // Trying to find the best of it // Im always hung up on the
risk // Dont over think about it // Hard // When all thats left is rearranged // And
everything is in the way // Dont over think about it // Dont over think about it //
So far so good // So dont turn back // So far so good
Best Day Of My Life
I had a dream so big and loud // I jumped so high I touched the clouds // Whoa //
Whoa // I stretched my hands out to the sky // We danced with monsters through the
night // Whoa // Whoa // Im never gonna look back whoa // Im never gonna give it up
no // Please dont wake me now // Woo woo woo // This is gonna be the best day of my
life // My life // I howled at the moon with friends and then the sun came crashing in
// Whoa // Whoa // But all the possibilities no limits just epiphanies // Whoa //
Whoa // Im never gonna look back whoa // Im never gonna give it up no // Just dont
wake me now // Woo woo woo // This is gonna be the best day of my life // My life // I
hear it calling outside my window // I feel it in my soul // The stars were burning so
bright // The sun was out till midnight // I say we lose control // Woo woo woo // This
is gonna be the best day of my life // My life // This is gonna be this gonna be this
has gotta be // The best day of my life // Everything is looking up everybody up now
Luck
How can we make amends // When we said all we said // I call and you dont pick up //
How can I say instead // That I hope its for the best // I wont, and I wont give up
// Im sorry mother // I know I let you down // Im sorry for how // I up and left this
town // How can we push aside // All the bad and make it right // Now you got me all
choked up // Im sorry brother // I know I let you down // Im sorry for how // I up
and left this town // But please just listen // Cause I dont ask for much // I am my
own man // I make my own luck // How can we both take sides // When we know nothings
right // Open up the door thats shut // How can I have my pride // And drink away my
soul tonight // Sorrows filling up my cup // Im sorry father // I know I let you down
// Im sorry for how // I up and left this town // But please just listen // Cause I
dont ask for much // I am my own man // I make my own luck // Cause some birds arent
meant to be caged // And I just cant see the light of day // Please forgive me I cant
remember // Please forgive me no one is calling // Please forgive me I cant believe it
no // Gonna pick myself up so I dont let this ember grow // Even if I mess up I wont
let this ever go // Its hard to stay // Cause some birds arent meant to be caged //
How can I set us free // Im what you taught me to be // Shouldnt that be enough //
Its time that we make amends // Lets forget the things we said // You know we were
all just stuck // Im sorry mother // I know I let you down // Im sorry father // I
didnt stick around // But please just listen // Cause I dont ask for much // I am my
own man // I make my own luck // But please just listen // Cause I dont ask for much
// Just like my old man // I make my own luck
Trouble
We grow apart // Just to be on our own // And we walk right next to all that we have
known // Give me your hand and we can climb further up // And we climb the trees and

the forest seems to be bigger now oh we had so much more // I knew she was trouble from
the first kiss // I could tell that something wasnt right with you // With you // We
take our time to see what is up ahead // But were scared of the past and what is left
// Well stay inside and never let out our hands // And well pretend that the world
it will never end // No it will never end // I knew she was trouble from the first kiss
// I could tell that something wasnt right with you // With you // I could feel it
blowing in the night wind // I could tell that something wasnt right with you // With
you // Why dont you come back down so we can turn it around // Why dont you ever know
just to let it go // Cuz nothing comes around for you // So bring me back from one to
two and tell me what else I could do // I knew she was trouble from the first kiss //
I could tell that something wasnt right with you // With you // I could feel it blowing
in the night wind // I could tell that something wasnt right with you // With you
Hit It
Some say if you dont go // Then you wont know how to let go // When you gotta let
it swerve // Some say if you dont try // Then you wont know how to get by // No one
said it wouldnt hurt // Oh no // If I knew then what I shouldve known now // Up and
down // Jump off the deep end // Wreck this house // I shouldve left with you // With
you // No way out // I met your best friend // She went down // I shouldve made my
move with you // I shoulda, I woulda, I coulda // But I didnt hit it // Some say if
you break down // And you touch ground // Then you dropped out // Still you got a lot
to learn // But I say take it back up // Throw it on now // Make it stack up // Cause
tonight were gonna burn it down // If I knew then // What I shouldve known all along
// Up and down // Jump off the deep end // Wreck this house // I shouldve left with
you // With you // No way out // I met your best friend // She went down // I shouldve
made my move with you // Messed up now // Pissed off the in-crowd // Break this town
// My eyes are set on you // On you // We know now // Im not your best friend // Broke
all bounds // Ill make it up to you // To you // I shoulda, I woulda, I coulda // But
I didnt hit it // Im feeling lucky // Lay all my cards down // Nothing can stop me
// Tonight we go all out // Im feeling lucky // Ill bet my hometown // Nothing can
stop us now // I say if you dont know then you go slow // Or you dont go // Dont be
a no-show // Just let go, lets get stoned // From the top down // To the down low //
Download // Lets go // I say if you dont know // Then you go slow // Or you dont go
// Dont be a no-show // Just let go, lets get stoned // From the top down // To the
down low // Download // Lets go Up and down // Jump off the deep end // Wreck this
house // I shouldve left with you // With you // No way out // I met your best friend
// She went down // I shouldve made my move with you // Messed up now // Pissed off
the in-crowd // Wreck this town // My eyes are set on you on you // We know now // Im
not your best friend // Broke all bounds // Ill make it up to you to you // I shoulda,
I woulda, I coulda // But I didnt hit it
Home
Ive got these letters tattooed on my arm that remind me each second of where I come
from and the long hard road to guide me back home // Back to my momma who raised me up
right and back to my lady I held every night, its a long hard road, trying to get home
// Ive been gone now, for too long // Im not trying to stop a hurricane // Im not
trying to shake the ground below // Im just trying to find a way to make it back home //
Im not trying to part the ocean waves // Im not trying to overthrow the throne // Im
just trying to find a way to make it back home // Im just trying to get home // Ive got
this image engraved in my mind of a life that I had in a whole different time, it still
breathes and lives at the end of the road // Ive seen mountains and valleys through
my missing days but I never once parted with how you begged me to stay, I will run down
that long hard and treacherous road to get home // Im not trying to stop a hurricane //
Im not trying to shake the ground below // Im just trying to find a way to make it
back home // Im not trying to part the ocean waves // Im not trying to overthrow the
throne // Im just trying to find a way to make it back home // Im just trying to get
home // Ive been gone for so long but my heart it carries on, as it pounds like a drum
on my journey back home, Ive been gone for so long but my heart it carries on, I wont
give up // Im not trying to stop a hurricane // Im not trying to shake the ground
below // Im just trying to find a way to make it back home // Im not trying to part
the ocean waves // Im not trying to overthrow the throne // Im just trying to find a
way to make it back home // Im just trying to get home // Im just trying to get home
Love
Remember when we were lost at sea // We would look at the bright night sky // Thinking
of, what we could be // Oh what we could be // How to spend our lives // Remember when
we had nothing left // We were strung out in the cold // Holding on trying to save our
breath // Trying to save our breath // We would not let go // Whoa, through the good,
through the bad and ugly // Whoa, well conquer anything // Cuz // One day were gonna
come back // And laugh at it all // One day well look at the past // With love love

// One day were gonna come back // And relive those thoughts // One day well look
at the past // With love love // Remember down in the forests heart // We were lost,
lost in hope and faith // We were counting stars // Trying to find our way // Remember
up on the mountain top // Looking out on the rocks below // Thinking God we will never
stop // We will never stop // No we wont let go // Cuz // One day were gonna come
back // And laugh at it all // One day well look at the past // With love love // One
day were gonna come back // And relive those thoughts // One day well look at the
past // With love love // Like a scene from the past // Where we look back and laugh
// With love // A thought like a flash // Black and white hope it lasts // With love //
Like a scene from the past // Where we look back and laugh // With love // A thought
like a flash // Black and white hope it lasts // With love // Cuz // One day were gonna
come back // And laugh at it all // One day well look at the past // With love love
// One day were gonna come back // And relive those thoughts // One day well look at
the past // With love love
Heart of Stone
Oh now you never come around // And then youre spacing out tonight // I bet I feel it
in my chest // The visions in your head theyre all lies // Oh ya its true // Oh ya
its true // Well I // I need a friend tonight // I need to make it right // And now Im
tired of thinking // In spite // Im always in the right // I never made the time //
Its all the smiles Im faking // Oh yeah its true // Youve got this heart of stone
// Im never breaking through // Feels like a dead end road // So take that any way you
want to // Youve got this heart of stone // Thats keeping me from you // If I break
that you hate that so take that any way you want to // Inhale // Another thought fails
// Falling off the rails // Tonight // Untamed // A c-c-crazy train // Im always yours
to blame // In your eyes // Shake a shake it off now // Then youre take a taking off
now // All around so you can shoot me down I should have gotten out before you started
begging // Oh yeah its true // Youve got this heart of stone // Im never breaking
through // Feels like a dead end road // So take that any way you want to // Youve got
this heart of stone // Thats keeping me from you // If I break that you hate that so
take that any way you want to // If only I could live a little bit longer // Youve got
this heart of stone // Im never breaking through // Feels like a dead end road // So
take that any way you want to // Youve got this heart of stone // Thats keeping me
from you // If I break that you hate that so take that any way you want to
Ghost
In the morning when the sun breaks free // A reflection I know Ive seen // In the night
its haunting me // A lonely ghost, a lonely ghost // Ever since I was just a child
// Ive seen the visions in my sleep // Of a man roaming through the wild, // With all
these ghosts, a lonely ghost // But ya cant breathe in if ya dont breathe out // Its
a new day // Were gonna go far // Knuckle down, trim and shake off the dead weight //
Ya know what they say // You cant hide from your ghost // Its a new day // I want
to go far // Break it down, jump the gun, find a new way // You know what they say //
Im stuck here living with all these ghosts, a lonely ghost // Im looking back at a
room for two // The skeletons of all we knew // That we were only broke and bruised //
As you held me close along the coast // And when the morning settles in // And Ive
learned how to live with it // I cant rewind all the things I did // And all these
ghosts, the lonely ghost // But ya cant breathe in if ya dont breathe out // Its a
new day // Were gonna go far // Knuckle down, trim and shake off the dead weight //
Ya know what they say // You cant hide from your ghost // Its a new day // I want
to go far // Break it down, jump the gun, find a new way // You know what they say //
Im stuck here living with all these ghosts, a lonely ghost // Now we know well never
be alone // And we know I want to be alone // Its a new day // Were gonna go far //
Knuckle down, trim and shake off the dead weight // Ya know what they say // You cant
hide from your ghost // Its a new day // I want to go far // Break it down, jump the
gun, find a new way // You know what they say // Im stuck here living with all these
ghosts, a lonely ghost
Oh, What a Life
There was snow there was snow stretched for miles and more where we buried where we
buried our souls // Oh I long oh I long for them days left and gone where we sang and
where we danced to a brighter song // But now I look upon a field with bodies stretched
out and I feel nothing // But somethings burning in my soul I let it lose control and
Im in oh God Ive sinned // But I tried so hard and we tried so hard // And its a long
long road that you told me so // Yeah I tried so hard to forget where we are // And
all we do is laugh and we sing // Woo woo and we laughed and we cried and thought oh,
what a life // But I tried so hard but we killed our hearts // In valleys low I hear
the trumpets blow // Ya I tried so hard yet Im lost and scarred // And Im filled with
regret yet I sing // Woo woo and we laughed and we cried and thought oh, what a life

American Authors are:

Zac Barnett Lead Vocals/Guitars
James Adam Shelley Guitars/Banjo/Mandolin
Matt Sanchez Drums/Percussion
Dave Rublin Bass Guitar
Background Vocals: Zac Barnett, James Adam Shelley,
Matt Sanchez, Dave Rublin, Shep Goodman and Aaron Accetta
Tracks 1-10 written by Zac Barnett, James Adam Shelley, Matt Sanchez, Dave Rublin,
Shep Goodman and Aaron Accetta // 2014 Published by ROUND HILL COPYRIGHTS (SESAC),
JAMES ADAM SHELLEY PUBLISHING (SESAC) and ZACH BARNETT PUBLISHING (SESAC), All rights
controlled and administered by ROUND HILL COPYRIGHTS (SESAC). // 2014 Published by
ROUND HILL WORKS (BMI), OWL AND FOX PUBLISHING (BMI) and DAVID RUBLIN PUBLISHING (BMI),
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Track 11 written by Zac Barnett, James Adam Shelley, Matt Sanchez and Dave Rublin
// 2014 Published by ROUND HILL COPYRIGHTS (SESAC), JAMES ADAM SHELLEY PUBLISHING
(SESAC) and ZACH BARNETT PUBLISHING (SESAC), All rights controlled and administered by
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FOX PUBLISHING (BMI) and DAVID RUBLIN PUBLISHING (BMI), All rights controlled and
administered by ROUND HILL WORKS (BMI). // All Rights Reserved // Trumpet on Oh, What
A Life by Peter Blume // Violin on Oh, What A Life by Erica Swindell
Executive Producers: Shep Goodman & Aaron Accetta
Produced by Shep Goodman and Aaron Accetta for Dirty Canvas Productions // Recorded
at Dirty Canvas Studios, Mt. Kisco, NY and Raw Recording, Brewster, NY // Engineer:
Joe Costable // Assistant Engineers: JC Santalis and Jay Fallon // Tracks 1,3,12 Mixed
by: Shep Goodman & Aaron Accetta // Tracks 2,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11 Mixed By: Mark Needham
at The Ballroom Studios // Assistant Mix Engineer: Will Brierre // Mastered by: Chris
Gehringer at Sterling Sound // Additional Production by American Authors
A&R: Steve Yegelwel // A&R Administration: Elizabeth Vago // Management: Shep Goodman
& Alex Brahl at 7S Management // Marketing: Sharon Timure // Mastered by Chris Gehringer
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Whitting & Joanna Ashmore at Coda Agency // Business Management: Phil Sarna at PS
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