The Shires

Released: March 2, 2015

Songwriter: Jack McManus Chris Young Ben Earle

Producer: Tobias Lundgren Tim Larsson Johan Fransson

[Verse 1]
It's a brand new day
I can feel a change
It's like a million lights light up
Spelling out your name
It's a brand new start
I can feel your heart beating now
The fire never burned right out
There were always sparks

[Pre-Chorus 1]
Now that we're back again
I see what we've got
I know what it is
I know what it's not
All that we ever had
Ain't gone away
It still remains
It's here

[Chorus]
Tonight, tonight
Been waiting all my life
For tonight, and it's like
We never said goodbye
We don't need anything at all
Tonight you're mine, I'm yours

[Verse 2]
I never stopped believing
Would've been easy to do
When every star falls out my sky
They still shine for you

[Pre-Chorus 2]
So let's keep on driving on this open road
We know where it's gone
We know where it goes
And all that we ever had
Ain't gone away
It still remains
It's here

[Chorus]
Tonight, tonight
Been waiting all my life
For tonight, and it's like
We never said goodbye
We don't need anything at all
Tonight you're mine, I'm yours

[Bridge]
You're mine, I'm yours
You're mine, I'm yours
You're mine, I'm yours
You're mine, I'm yours
Tonight, tonight
Been waiting all my life
For tonight, oh

[Chorus]
Tonight, tonight
Been waiting all my life
For tonight, and it's like
We never said goodbye
We don't need anything at all
Tonight you're mine, I'm yours

[Outro]
You're mine, I'm yours
You're mine, I'm yours
You're mine, I'm yours
You're mine, I'm yours

The Shires are a British country duo composed of singer-songwriters Ben Earle and Crissie Rhodes. Earle sings vocals, plays piano and guitar, and Rhodes shares lead vocals. The duo formed in 2013 and released their record-breaking debut album Brave in 2015, becoming the first UK country act to chart in the Top 10 of the UK Albums Chart.

The group’s second album, My Universe, became the fastest-selling UK country album in history when it was released in October 2016. They hail from the neighbouring counties of Hertfordshire and Bedfordshire in England.

“Shire” is the original term for what is usually known as a county in the United Kingdom. The duo fittingly took the band name in order to maintain a British identity and take a small part of Britain to the United States. After playing hardly half a dozen shows together, The Shires caught the attention of Decca Records, who signed them in the United Kingdom, and they secured a contract with American record label Universal Music Group Nashville, thus becoming the first ever English country act to be signed to a major Nashville label. They were also the first ever UK country act to have a top ten album.

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