This or Something Better
Album: Living in the Now
By: ChrisChickering
By: ChrisChickering
Duration
4:15
Genres
Description
In the winter and spring of 2013, Chris co-wrote 37 songs with Grammy nominated, (“Walkaway Joe”) Emmy award-winning (“Your Day is Today”) songwriter Greg Barnhill for Chris’s 2nd studio album: "Living in the Now." "Living In The Now" features 14 original tracks that infuse folk, rock and world music influences with empowering lyrics that speak to timeless, universal truths about the human condition.
Lyrics
This or Something Better © Words and Music by Chris Chickering and Greg Barnhill 2013. All rights reserved The other day I was talkin' with a good friend of mine Oh, and things weren't going so well in my life at the time He said let me tell you a little something that might help you along your way, yea... He said take a pencil and paper and write down exactly what you want And put it on your refrigerator when you get home Well I thought it sounded foolish But I did it anyway And then thirty days later when the bills came due I said hey man you know there ain't nothin' comin' through And when I told him what I wrote He just smiled and shook his head And then he laughed out loud at the words that I read I said Give me everything I want Give me everything I need Give me everything in this life That's comin' to me He said you forgot to add one thing Write this down in big red letters: "Give me this or something better" I was working in Minneapolis sellin' someone else's dreams But I always knew there was somethin' so much bigger meant for me Had a house in Santa Fe and I was fine Till the renters all moved out And it started goin' south So I left Minnesota on a cold January night Bettin' on myself that I was doing somethin' right And when I got back to New Mexico I must admit I had my doubts, Mmmm But I'll be damned if everything he told me wasn't comin' true That if you write it down, your dreams will find a way to get to you And now here I am, I'm makin' it and things are going right I guess it goes to show you all you gotta do is write Give me everything I want Give me everything I need Give me everything in this life That's comin' to me Cause it'll all come true If you write down in big red letters: "Give me this or something better" Give me everything I want (breakdown) Give me everything I need Give me everything in this life That's comin' to me Cause it'll all come true If you write it down in big red letters: "Give me this or something better" Oh, give me everything I want Give me everything I need Give me everything in this life That's comin' to me Cause it'll all come true If you write it down in big red letters: "Give me this or something better" "Give me this or something better" Yea
