Eric Church

Released: February 11, 2014

Songwriter: Casey Beathard Eric Church

Producer: Jay Joyce

[Verse 1]
The only joint my mama burned, was on a rural route
She parked in old man Taylor's woods
So she wouldn't be found out
Turned off her dome light, snuck off by herself
Crouched down beneath that window
Fired it up and gave it hell

[Chorus]
That hang out my daddy used to hang around
We watched it all go up in smoke until it all came down
Just like that the taps 'n stools and tables got turned
To the only joint my mama ever burned... burned

[Verse 2]
Just like someone flipped a switch, dad started comin' home
No more eatin' late, cause supper's with that tavern gone
I had my suspicions, till one night when we said grace
Dad said forgive us our tran'gression
A smile lit up mama's face

[Chorus]
Like that hangout my daddy used to hang around
We watched it all go up in smoke until it all came down
Just like at the taps 'n stools and tables got turned
To the only joint my mama ever burned
Burned... burned... burned

[reverb under horn]
Burned... burned... burned... burned

[Bridge]
Of all the small town Barney Fife's
And bloodhounds in this town
I'm only the one who ever found out about

[Chorus]
That hangout my daddy used to hang around
We watched it all go up in smoke until it all came down
Just like at the taps 'n stools and tables got turned
To the only joint my mama ever burned
Burned... burned... burned... burned

Burned [x9]

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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