Charlie Puth

Released: December 2, 2010

Songwriter: Charlie Puth

Producer: Charlie Puth

[Verse 1]
They say the first line of the song is the hardest to come up with
But I just can’t help writing about you
And I know this may sound cheesy in a lot of different ways
I swear all of the things I say are true

[Pre-Chorus]
She walks down that small gray highway all by herself
And makes me feel the sort of way that I have never felt
Because

[Chorus]
You can surprise me with words that excite me
I'll never find those words to say and I’ll never know what makes me feel
This way today
But if I tried, I could

[Post-Chorus]
So give her your attention and it’ll turn into something good

[Verse 2]
Well, I was walking down MacArthur Park
Just to find someone
To steal my heart
But it seems that the class meant the puzzle of your face
And if the way that you talk
And the way that you walk
Had it bent between in something of mine
I’d sure give up the weller in a day, yeah

[Pre-Chorus]
She walks down that small gray highway all by herself
And makes me feel the sort of way that I have never felt
Because

[Chorus]
You can surprise me with words that excite me
I'll never find those words to say and I’ll never know what makes me feel
This way today
But if I tried, I could

[Post-Chorus]
So give her your attention and it’ll turn into something good

[Bridge]
She walks down that small gray highway all by herself
She makes me feel the sort of way that I have never felt
Because

[Chorus]
You can surprise me with words that excite me
I'll never find those words to say and I’ll never know what makes me feel
This way today
But if I tried, I could

[Outro]
To others, to others, to others
I’ll let your heart decide for you
And walkin’ and talkin’ with her like you should
So be good to her
And it’ll turn up to something very good

Charlie Puth is an American singer-songwriter who started by making and covering songs on his YouTube channel. His big break came when he was featured on the Furious 7 song “See You Again,” which he had written for a friend who passed away in a similar accident. The song reached #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 and stayed there for twelve weeks, becoming the longest-running rap number one along with Eminem’s “Lose Yourself.” The song’s iconic music video was also the most viewed video on all of YouTube for a short amount of time when it passed PSY’s “Gangnam Style” in July 2017.

His first project, The Otto Tunes, was released in 2010, with the title being a play on his middle name, Otto, and autotune. His second release, Ego, was also self-produced and dropped in October 2013.

His major-label debut Nine Track Mind was released January 29, 2016, and lead single “Marvin Gaye” with Meghan Trainor topped the charts in the UK and reached the top twenty-five in the US, peaking at #21. His next single “One Call Away” fared even better, hitting #12 in the US and establishing Puth as a full-blown star as opposed to a two-hit wonder. A deluxe edition of the record was released in November 2016.

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