Released: February 26, 2021

Songwriter: Luke Dick Eric Church

Producer: Jay Joyce

[Verse 1]
People say it’s a crime for bringing a life into the world these days
It’s cold, it’s a load, it’s a heavy stone that the heart can’t take
Well, hurt’s gonna keep on tryin' and pain’s gonna keep on cryin'
But way down deep, there’s a beat gonna keep on fightin’

[Pre-Chorus]
So go on and get born heart
Let your mama keep you warm heart
Get down in the dirt heart
Go on, get hurt heart
Live and let learn heart

[Chorus]
Don’t let fear steal your brave heart
Don’t let doubt take your faith heart
It’s okay to cry
But don’t never break heart

[Verse 2]
If love’s like drawin' cards with a whiskey gypsy
She’s a glass half full, take a pull, then a glass half empty
Well, I say lives are made for chances
And eyes are made for glances
And songs are played, legs are made for dances

[Pre-Chorus]
Go on and take her hand heart
And draw a line in the sand heart
Paint some color on a black heart
Don’t look back, pull tight on a slack heart

[Chorus]
Don’t let fear steal your brave heart
Don’t let doubt take your faith heart
It’s okay to cry
But don’t never break heart

[Bridge]
And when your time comes heart
When it’s all said and done heart
Light starts to fade heart
End of the day but you still wanna stay heart

[Chorus]
Go on and be brave heart
Go on keep your faith heart
It’s okay to cry, it's okay to cry
It’s okay to cry, it's okay to cry

Eric Church

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.”