Get It Right

from If your tired heart is aching... by Bo Armstrong

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Maybe I said a few things that didn’t mean much
Maybe I left a few hearts alone in the dust
Maybe I made a few mistakes wasted a few good nights
But you’re gonna get the best of me and if I'm gonna get it right…

I want to get it right the first time, if I’m gonna get it right at all
Honey I’m gonna walk the hard line, cause I’m here for the haul
I want to get it right the first time, I’m gonna give it all I got
If it’s gonna last a lifetime, then I’ve got one last shot —to get it right the first time

I ain’t gonna be another in that long, long line
Of ones who tried to make it but got lost and fell behind
If your tired heart is aching, let me carry you a while…

I want to get it right the first time, if I’m gonna get it right at all
Honey I’m gonna walk the hard line, cause I’m here for the haul
I want to get it right the first time, I’m gonna give it all I got
If it’s gonna last a lifetime, then I’ve got one last shot —to get it right the first time

Well the lovin’ and the leavin’ is a young man's game
And it all might fall to pieces, but that’s a chance I got to take

I want to get it right the first time, if I’m gonna get it right at all
Honey I’m gonna walk the hard line, cause I’m here for the haul
I want to get it right the first time, I’m gonna give it all I got
If it’s gonna last a lifetime, then I’ve got one last shot —to get it right the first time

Get it right the first time
Get it right the first time

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from If your tired heart is aching..., track released July 23, 2021
Written by Bo Armstrong and Brian Douglas Phillips

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Bo Armstrong Nashville, Tennessee

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Texas-bent Americana.

Dallas born,
Nashville based.

NYC & MS DELTA in between...

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