[00:10.09].
[00:12.03]You fell in love or threw it away
[00:19.65]You're looking for the perfect thing to say
[00:25.78]You're no good with words well that's OK
[00:31.53]That's why I write songs
[00:35.53].
[00:38.97]Might make you laugh or make you cry
[00:46.40]Might help you make it through a bad goodbye
[00:52.15]Cause you've been through it and so have I
[00:57.79]That's why I write songs
[01:01.54].
[01:05.36]I remember all the times I felt
[01:11.35]Like somebody knows me all to well
[01:18.10]Cause it was my life story I was listening to
[01:28.98]I Don't know about you
[01:30.98].
[01:34.97]But I've buried love ones and a few good friends
[01:42.04]I've held a brand new baby in my hands
[01:48.54]It ain't just what i do it's who I am
[01:53.72]And that's why I write songs
[01:58.61].
[02:14.85]I remember how it blew my mind
[02:21.36]When I played my song and watched a grown man cry
[02:28.23]And it was at that moment I just knew
[02:37.67]What I was born to do
[02:40.29].
[02:45.98]Most songwriters never get the fame
[02:53.54]Some folks wouldn't recognize their names
[03:00.86]But chances are you probably sang along
[03:05.42].
[03:13.29]To Harlen Howard or Bob McDill
[03:20.42]Whitey Shafer or Whispering Bill
[03:27.29]All the times they ever gave me chills
[03:35.49]That's why I write songs
[03:39.73].