[Verse 1]

Things have been so crazy and hectic

I should've gotten back by now

But you know how much I wanted to make it

It's probably better anyhow

[Bridge]

So, if you gotta go

If there's anything I should know

If the spotlight makes you nervous

If you're looking for a purpose

[Verse 2]

You put the tea in the kettle and light it

Put your hand on the metal and feel it

But do you even feel it anymore?

I remember when you thought I was joking

Now I'm off singing karaoke

Further than I've ever been, oh-oh, oh

[Bridge]

So, if you gotta go

If there's any way I can help

[Verse 3]

Isn't it ironic that the girl I want to marry is a wedding planner

That tells me my life is too much and then moves to Atlanta?

Damn, of all the places you could go

I just thought you'd choose somewhere that had somebody that you know

I'm always up too late, I worry 'bout you there alone

In that place you call your home, warm nights and cold Patron

I hope you don't get known for nothing crazy

'Cause no man ever wants to hear those stories 'bout his lady

I know they say the first love is the sweetest, but that first cut is the deepest

I tried to keep us together, you were busy keeping secrets

Secrets you were telling everybody but me

Don't be fooled by the money, I'm still just young and unlucky, I'm surprised you couldn't tell

[Outro]

I was only trying to get ahead

I was only trying to get ahead

But the spotlight makes you nervous

And you're looking for a purpose

I was only trying to get ahead

I was only trying to get ahead

But the spotlight makes you nervous