Barstools & Broken Records

[Verse 1]
You said you needed space
So I gave you the whole damn sky
Now you’re out there chasing glitter
I’m here letting good love die
You were my one hit wonder
Then you dropped me from your set
Guess I’m just the song you skipped
But you’re the track I can’t forget
[Chorus]
Now I’m spinnin’
On these barstools & broken records
Every sad word
Cuts a brand new groove in me
You turned my high life into heartache
My slow dance into debris
Yeah
I broke all my own rules for you
Now the outlaw’s doin’ time in his whiskey memory
[Verse 2]
You walked out humming freedom
Left your perfume in my coat
Said you’d call me “maybe later”
That was the last line you wrote
You found some bright-room hero
With a rented velvet smile
While I trade my sleep for bourbon
Bleeding sorrow by the mile
[Chorus]
So I’m spinnin’
On these barstools & broken records
Every sad word
Cuts a brand new groove in me
You turned my high life into heartache
My slow dance into debris
Yeah
I broke all my own rules for you
Now the outlaw’s doin’ time in his whiskey memory
[Bridge]
You got your sugar-coated chorus
Crowd is singin’ every lie
I got this cracked-voice confession
Where the steel guitar cries
If love was just a playlist
You skipped straight past my plea (oh)
But I’m still stuck on repeat
Girl
While you dance out of key
[Chorus]
I keep spinnin’
On these barstools & broken records
Every sad word
Cuts a brand new groove in me
You turned my high life into heartache
My slow dance into debris
Yeah
I broke all my own rules for you
Now the outlaw’s doin’ time in his whiskey memory (hey)
Yeah
This hard-time heart’s still servin’
Life inside your old melody

rock, Smoky outlaw country ballad with male vocals, slow half-time groove and deep twangy guitars. Verses ride a sparse shuffle with upright bass and brushed snare; choruses swell with pedal steel, churchy organ pads, and a small gospel-style backing choir. Subtle funk-inflected electric guitar licks ghost in the background; final chorus pushes the vocal into gritty, tear-soaked belting before a quiet acoustic fade., deep, soul, disco, country, pop, r&b, funk