This fightings gotta stop

Story Behind The Song

Wrote the song about my own experiences, and then for fun told my guitar player I wrote it about him.

Song Description

If you play in a band and like to party a little bit (which we all do), then it tells what usually goes on behind closed doors and what most wives or girlfriends have to put up with. It' supposed to be a fun song.

Song Length 5:13 Genre Country - Rock, Country - Honky Tonk
Tempo Medium Fast (131 - 150) Lead Vocal Male Vocal
Mood Nervous, Uptight Subject Frustration, Cheating
Similar Artists The Allman Brothers Band Language English
Era 2000 and later

Lyrics

THIS FIGHTING?S GOTTA STOP

WELL IT?S 5 OCLOCK IN THE MORNING, I?M JUST GETTING HOME IN MY CAR.
BEEN PLAYING SOME ROCK AND ROLL MUSIC, ROCKING IN AN ALL NIGHT BAR.
I PULL INTO THE DRIVEWAY FEELING JUST A LITTLE BET TIGHT
KNOWING I SMELL LIKE PERFUME, ITCHIN FOR A HELL OF A FIGHT
I SAID COME ON WOMAN, I?M READY FOR YOU, TAKE YOUR BEST SHOT

THERE?S A LIGHT ON IN THE KITCHEN, I SEE SOMEONE MOVING AROUND
I FINALLY GET TO THE DOORWAY SHE?S STANDING THERE WEARING A FROWN
I KNOW YOU?VE BEEN OUT DRINKING, I SMELL THE WHISKY ON YOUR SHIRT
THERES ALWAYS PLENTY OF WOMEN AROUND, SO YOU?VE BEEN CHASING SKIRTS.
I SAID, NOT ME BABY, YOU KNOW I?M TRUE BLUE, I WOULDN?T DO THAT
THEN SHE SAID,

WE GOT TO HOLD ON TO WHAT WE GOT, WE GOT TO GET TOGETHER THIS FIGHTINGS GOTTA STOP
WE GOT PEOPLE WHO NEED US AND THAT HOLD ON TIGHT, WE GOTTA TRY TO GET TOGETHER AND MAKE THINGS RIGHT, WE GOTTA MAKE THINGS RIGHT

I TRIED TO GET HERE BABY, THINGS JUST KEPT HAPPENING, LISTEN TO THIS
I LOST MY KEYS IN THE PARKING LOT, COULDN?T FIND THEM IN THE DARK
THE BATTERY IS GETTING BAD IN MY CAR AND THE DAMN THING JUST WOULDN?T START
A RAILROAD TRAIN STOPPED ACROSS THE TRACKS DOWN BY THE OLD TOWN PARK
IV?E NEVER SEEN A TRAIN THAT LONG BEFORE, IT MUST HAVE BEEN A MILE APART. CROSS MY HEART BABY THAT?S WHAT HAPPENED, LISTEN TO THIS

I GOT CAUGHT UP IN THE TRAFFIC, A TIRE STARTED GOING FLAT
I MADE A WRONG TURN AT THE GROCERY STORE AND DIDN?T KNOW WHERE I WAS AT
I TURNED ONTO A ONE LANE, THOUGHT I WAS GETTING HIT
CARS WERE FLYING ALL AROUND THEY JUST MISSED ME BY A LITTLE BIT, I WAS SO SCAIRED, BUT I TRIED TO GET HERE,
THEN SHE SAID

WE GOTTA HOLD ON TO WHAT WE GOT, WE GOTTA GET TOGETHER THIS FIGHTINGS GOTTA STOP
WE GOT PEOPLE WHO NEED US AND THAT HOLD ON TIGHT
WE GOTTA TRY TO GET TOGETHER AND MAKE THINGS RIGHT, WE GOTTA MAKE THINGS RIGHT

END

Lyrics Stephen Brookshier Music Stephen Brookshier
Producer Riverside Publisher Oasis
Performance Riverside Label none

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