Going Through the Motions

Story Behind The Song

Autobiographical storyline.

Song Description

Man looking back on his decision to give up the corporate world for following a dream in music.

Song Length 3:44 Genre Country - Rock, Rock - Easy Listening
Tempo Very Slow (Under 70) Lead Vocal Male Vocal
Mood Content, Pleasant Subject Hope, Musician
Similar Artists Garth Brooks, Brooks & Dunn Language English
Era 1990 - 1999

Lyrics

Goin' Through the Motions

Pent up in a penthouse
In the middle of the deep South
So far to come
Far from where I longed to be

I was sittin' high and pretty
A corporate life in the city
But I'm a country boy
And music was my dream

CHORUS:
I was goin' through the motions
Without devotion
Bein' the man I thought I could be
Playin? by the rules
Should've been playin' my music for free
Goin' through the motions
Unemotionally

Held up in a new home
Payin' back a student loan
With a wife and child I loved with all my heart
I'd go to work each day
Thought that's the price you paid
But playin' it safe was tearin' me apart

CHORUS:

BRIDGE:
It's funny how things changed
How lives got rearranged
When I finally found my way

Slipped into the simple life
Threw away the suit and tie
Now I sit at home making rhymes to a melody
And though the money's tight
I know the choice was right
When I look back and remember how it used to be

CHORUS:
(insert "Playin my music for me")

Lyrics Jim Ellis Music Jim Ellis
Producer Waterline Publisher Waterline Music
Performance Waterline Label Waterline Music

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