True Believer

Album: Foxes in the Snow (2025)
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  • Take your hand off my knee, take your foot off my neck
    Why are y'all examining me like I'm a murder suspect?
    If I got a little loose, I just forgot to be afraid
    But I started out a true believer, babe

    A lot of dangerous memories, a lot of bars in this town
    But oh, to have loved and lost and then still stuck around
    But I heard God in the Ryman, I crawled out of the grave
    And I guess I'm still a true believer, babe

    All your girlfriends say I broke your fucking heart and I don't like it
    There's a letter on the nightstand I don't think I'll ever read
    Well, I finally found a match and you kept daring me to strike it
    And now I have to let it burn to let it be

    I can't remember my dreams, I guess it could be the meds
    But the sound of you screaming won't get out of my head
    I still remember the fever 'fore it started to fade
    I really was a true believer, babe

    All your girlfriends say I broke your fucking heart and I don't like it
    There's a letter on the nightstand I don't think I'll ever read
    Well, I finally found a match, and you kept daring me to strike it
    And now I have to let it burn to let it be

    Like the stain on your teeth, I'm as stubborn as wine
    Just when you think that I'm beaten, I get up every time
    So when we pass on the highway, I'll smile and I'll wave
    And I'll always be a true believer, babe
    I'll always be a true believer, babe
    I'll always be a true believer, babe Writer/s: Michael Jason Isbell
    Publisher: Downtown Music Publishing
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