Then What

Album: Rumor Has It (1997)
Charted: 65
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  • Well, I've got a good friend who's got a good life
    He's got two pretty children and a real nice wife
    Yet he never seems quite satisfied
    Well, I said, "I know what's on your mind
    But you better think about it 'fore you cross that line
    The grass ain't always greener on the other side"

    Then what? What you gonna do
    When the new wears off and the old shines through
    And it ain't really love and it ain't really lust?
    You ain't anybody anyone's gonna trust
    Then what? Where you gonna turn
    When you can't turn back for the bridges you burned
    And fate can't wait to kick you in the butt?
    Then what? Whoa, then what?

    Well, I ain't saying that lookin's a crime
    Well, I've done my share from time to time
    It don't mean that you've gotta take that leap
    When you're standing on the brink
    Before you jump you gotta step back and think
    There's a price for every promise you don't keep

    Whoa, then what? What you gonna do
    When the new wears off and the old shines through
    And it ain't really love and it ain't really lust?
    You ain't anybody anybody's gonna trust
    Then what? Where you gonna turn
    When you can't turn back for the bridges you burned
    And fate can't wait to kick you in the butt?
    Then what? Whoa, then what?

    Do what you want, do what you wish
    It's your life, but remember this
    There's bound to be some consequences
    Sneakin' under other fences

    Whoa, then what? What you gonna do
    When the new wears off and the old shines through
    And it ain't really love and it ain't really lust?
    You ain't anybody anybody's gonna trust
    Then what? Where you gonna turn
    When you can't turn back for the bridges you burned
    And fate can't wait to kick you in the butt?
    Then what? Whoa, then what? C'mon Writer/s: Jon Vezner, Randy L Sharp
    Publisher: Audiam, Inc., MUSIC ADMIN, INC., Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

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  • Barry from Sauquoit, NyOn this day in 1998 {April 5th} "Then What?"* by Clay Walker peaked at #2 {for 1 week} on Billboard's Hot Country Singles chart, for the week it was at #2, the #1 record for that week was "Perfect Love" by Trisha Yearwood...
    "Then What?" also reached #4 on the Canadian RPM Country Singles chart...
    Between 1993 and 2012 the Vidor, Texas native had forty records on the Hot Country Singles chart, seventeen made the Top 10 with six reaching #1...
    He just missed having two more Top 10 records when both his "Where Do I Fit In The Picture" {1994} and "Live, Laugh, Love" {1999} peaked at #11...
    Ernest Clayton Walker Jr. will celebrate his 52nd birthday in four months on August 19th, 2021...
    * "Then What?" was the third of three of his records to peak at #2, his other two #2 records were "Who Needs You Baby" for two weeks in November of 1995 and "Hypnotize The Moon" for one week in April of 1996..
    And from the 'For What It's Worth' department, the remainder of the Hot Country Singles' Top 10 on April 5th, 1998:
    At #3. "If I Never Stop Loving You" by David Kersh
    #4. "Bye Bye" by Jo Dee Messina
    #5. "Nothin' But The Taillights" by Clink Black
    #6. "You're Still The One" by Shania Twain
    #7. "This Kiss" by Faith Hill
    #8. "Two Pina Coladas" by Garth Brooks
    #9. "Valentine" by Martina McBride with special guest artist Jim Brickman
    #10. "Dream Walkin'" by Toby Keith
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