Take good care of my girl
A powerful story of the road from heartbreak to forgiveness to closure.
Country song writer
The music within is written, performed, produced, recorded, programmed, beaten, boiled and smoked by me, Jeff Lodge. Two exceptions are the female vocal on What About This ... Thank you Cari Day ... and the lead vocal on Take Good care of my girl ... thank you Cody Gibson! Everything else you hear is just lil ol' me and my lil ol' home studio. Most have been written since January, 2008. The goal is 20 songs by year end so ... back to writing. I hope to make someone a very prolific staff writer someday :)
Story behind the song
Recent divorce perhaps? ;)
Lyrics
Take good care of my girl
(c) Copyright 2008, Jeff Lodge
All rights reserved
Featuring Cody Gibson, Lead Vocal
Pulled into the One Stop, saw you gassin' up my old truck
It was the first time, it really hit me she wasn't mine.
You didn't notice when I drove out, it took everything not to shout "Hey, what's the matter with you?
Stealing her breaks all the rules"
But it wasn't you that drove her away
I didn't know then what I wanted to say
CHORUS
Take good care of my girl, Man I care about her
Show her everything she couldn't find in my world
Give her all you got, I hope your 'e the man I'm not
Yeah I'm hurtin', but she needs more than me, buddy
Take good care of my girl.
Later on at Walmart, caught a glance and it hit my heart
It was you and mine, holding hands in the checkout line
Got home, emptied all my bags, half mad and the other half glad I didn't talk to you,
no telling what I would do
I grabbed the phone many times that day
I didn't call you cuz I just couldn't say
CHORUS
Take good care of my girl, Man I care about her
Show her everything she couldn't find in my world
Give her all you got, I hope your 'e the man I'm not
Yeah I'm hurtin', but she needs more than me, buddy
Take good care of my girl.
I rolled into the R & R, there you were bellied up to the bar
you glanced up to see. I knew you recognized me.
You had to know I aint the fighting kind, I still saw a little fear in your eyes, I had a job to do,
I pulled out the stool next to you
I said "Rosy can you get me a beer, and pour one for my friend right here"
You looked at me with such surprise, bet you were wishing you could read my mind
so I smile and finally said what I had to say
CHORUS
Take good care of my girl, Man I care about her
Show her everything she couldn't find in my world
Give her all you got, I hope your 'e the man I'm not
Yeah I'm hurtin', but she needs more than me, buddy
Yeah I'm hurting, but it wasnt meant to be
Take good care of my girl.
Next time at the One Stop, saw you gassin' up my old truck
when you smiled at me ... she was just a memory
