Eric Church

Released: March 24, 2009

Songwriter: Deric Ruttan Eric Church

Producer: Jay Joyce

[Verse 1]
Working all this overtime
Is good at keeping me occupied
Hell with the stress
It ain't killed me yet
Doctor says I got to quit
Get on the wagon and off of them damn cigarettes
But they aren’t killed me yet
Doc you probably wonder why I don't care
Why I don't change, why I am not scared

[Chorus]
Cause I thought her leaving' would stop my heart from beating'
And getting' over her would be my death
It hurts every night
When she dances through my mind
I still feel the sting of the loneliness
But it ain't killed me yet

[Verse 2]
She turned this house into a tomb
Ghosts rattle in every room
They're doing' their best
But they aren’t killed me yet
So I lean on the bottle more every night
I'm probably past the point where I should give it a rest
But it aren’t killed me yet
No I am not saying I'll never die
But until I do I'm on borrowed time

[Chorus]
Cause I thought her leaving' would stop my heart from beating'
And getting' over her would be my death
It hurts every night
When she dances through my mind
I still feel the sting of the loneliness
But it ain't killed me yet
But it ain't killed me yet

[Outro]
It hurts every night
When she dances through my mind
I still feel the sting of loneliness
But it ain't killed me yet

Eric Church is an American country music singer-songwriter from Granite Falls, North Carolina. After graduating from Appalachian State University with a business degree in 2000, Eric became engaged to a Spanish teacher from Lenior, NC whose father attempted to deter his musical aspirations by offering him a corporate career in Denver. After turning down her father’s offer, Church’s ex-fiance broke the engagement, giving Church motivation to move to Nashville and begin focusing solely on his music. Recollections of this turning point in Church’s life are heard throughout his lyrical portfolio (most prominently in “Those I’ve Loved”).

After a period of being overlooked by record labels and producers, Church was eventually signed to Capitol Records in 2006, making his debut with the album, Sinners Like Me. The album produced four singles on the Billboard Country Chart, “How ‘Bout You,” “Two Pink Lines,” “Guys Like Me,” and the album’s title track.

His second album, 2009’s Carolina, produced three more “Smoke a Little Smoke,” “Love Your Love the Most,” and “Hell on the Heart.”

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