a brand new love song

I wrote this song for Carrie, on our six-year dating anniversary, about us. Changed a few words a couple days later and finally recorded it tonight.

Played a show Monday with Jon Crocker; we had performed together when I lived in Las Cruces, NM, and I think we figured out we hadn’t seen each other in about four years. So it was great to see him again. You should listen to some of his songs. He is amazing, and he tells great stories. Anyway, this was the first RB show in a very long time. Since February? Played 52 of 28 songs for the first time live! It was fun, although I really messed up “Where Our Smiles Belong”, which I was playing for Jacob. Scrap Iron Saints and The Nicholas Project also made special surprise appearances.

i tried and tried to write a brand new love song
but my pen said you’re gonna scare this girl away
i tried and tried to hide it in some other lines
but it found its way out, and there’s still a lot left to say

oh, i’d like to see you in the morning, and sometime in the evening
and maybe sometime in between

i thought and thought about everything we would do
and where we would end up if we got together
i thought and thought and studied these maps
and where all those lines go, this car could take us anywhere

and i might miss the sun in the morning, and you might in the evening
but we have all the time in between

i tried and tried to play a brand new love song
but i had to sing real quiet so i would learn it the right way
i tried and tried to save it for some other time
but it found its way out, and there’s still a lot to say

that i think of you in the morning, think of you in the evening
and all the time in between