I Only Know The Chorus

Song Length 4:03 Genre Folk - Country, Folk - General
Tempo Medium (111 - 130) Lead Vocal Male Vocal
Mood Poignant, Peaceful Subject Life, Change
Similar Artists Clint Black, Lyle Lovett Language English

Lyrics

Jeff Ashbaker
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I Only Know The Chorus ©

There's a little bit of sadness in my soul
How and when it got there, I don't know
It seems I let myself go down, just to pick myself back up
Expecting, who, how, when and where to tell me what

My best thinking got as bad as my eyesight
So I never sought or found a guiding light
I didn't want to seek the truth, for fear of what I'd find
It was easy, if it never crossed my mind

It took a little bit of bad, to make it good
And quite a lot of can't, before I could
I did my share of crying, until I heard the laughter
And I put myself before instead of after

----Chorus----
There's a little bit of joy within my heart
I feel it just before the music starts
I got lost among the trees, I couldn't seem to find the forest
So I never sang the whole song
Cuz, it seems I had it all wrong
And though I thought I knew the whole song
I only know the chorus
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Now I fill my heart with love instead of hate
And found some things that come to those who wait
I often say hello in there, to the angels up above
And I find there's less to blame and more to love

Can you ever make a change and start anew
Bring to mind the past, but follow through
There but for the grace of God, go you and I
Can a caterpillar ever learn to fly

--Repeat Chorus--

--Last Chorus/Refrain--
There's a little bit of joy within my heart
Just enough to make the music start
Now I'm growing like a tree out in the middle of the forest
So I just might learn the whole song
To rewrite what I had all wrong
And though in time I'll sing the whole song
I only know the chorus
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I only know the chorus
I only know the chorus
(I was born down at the crash site in May and I'm a Taurus)

How I loved those harmonies. Lyrics outstanding - real quality writing. Vocals remind me a little of Ian Tyson back in the day. Lovely ! Keep your band by the way.

I heard you a few times, enjoyed you them, enjoyed you now..

This song carries an excellent sentiment. Nicely sung and played. I love the hook line
"There's a little bit of joy within my heart
Just enough to make the music start", and there are some similarly cleverly constructed lines scattered throughout the song.

Very nice song, great vocals, love the 2 voices together, love your lyrics

really good feel to this song, great mix with the vocal sitting well in between the velvet, wrap-round guitars and fiddle. interesting lyrics with some nice opposing lines and ideas. It sounded commercial to me but who knows, surely you like what you like! great song, thanks, I enjoyed it. Oh, and I loved the suspended end!

What a wonderful voice - plummy and easy to hear as rippling water, with deep undertones. It sounds as if the singer can reach any note at all without effort. And at no point in the song does the music try to overpower the voice, which means that you can hear how clever the words are, and how well the lyrics rhyme.

Recording is really good! Vocals are right on. I especially liked the steel guitar and fiddle. Very nice touch!! Harmonies are nice also. The instrumentaion of the song makes me feel like there should be a beat in there somewhere, even if it is light.

Easy-going country ballad about tolerance - the need to learn "the whole song" and not just "the chorus". A nice metaphor.

Damn, this is good! Really nice arrangement, recording and execution. Love the lyrics and the progression.

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