Eric Church

Released: October 5, 2018

Songwriter: Eric Church Anders Osborne

Producer: Jay Joyce

[Verse 1]
And I don't own nothin' new
I might look like a mess to you
But I'm solid

[Verse 2]
This ol' thing I drive around
Got some rust, makes some funny sounds
But it's paid for and solid

[Verse 3]
You may think I'm way too chill
But I get it done, got my daddy's will
And I'll always, I'll always keep a promise

[Chorus]
In a great big world, spinnin' around
People walkin' around on shaky ground
My foundation's solid
Like a vessel gettin' tossed on the big blue sea
Tryin' to rock me off my feet
It's you that keeps me solid

[Verse 4]
Everybody wants me to think like they do
Put my faith in somethin' new
But this old school is tried and true, it's solid

[Verse 5]
Got these 501's back in '93
Yeah, the blue's all gone, you can see my knees
But to me, man, they're still solid

[Verse 6]
This old scarred-up piece of wood
Sounds a lot better than it looks
I can't count the nights that it's caught me when I was fallin'

[Chorus]
In a great big world, spinnin' around
People walkin' around on shaky ground
My foundation's solid
Like a vessel gettin' tossed on the big blue sea
Tryin' to knock me off my feet
It's you that keeps me solid

[Outro]
It's been a lotta years since I've taken this road home
It's still not paved, Mama and Daddy's gone
But the gravel in my soul is solid

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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