"We Owned The Night"

Yet again, more shameless promotion for Lady Antebellum's Own The Night.  However, this is basically the title track off this CD.  I always thought something was a little off about it...until I heard it live.  When I first heard it, I felt like it needed a better line for the first line of the chorus or something...just something had to be stronger.  Well, I feel like an idiot because I absolutely love it.  And I think it is the perfect way to start off their CD and they need to open every single show with this great song.  The mandolin just makes it.  Listen & leave a comment!  


FM Radio:
Singers: Lady Antebellum
Songwriters: Charles Kelley, Dave Haywood, Dallas Davidson
Song:"Own The Night"


Tell me have you ever wanted
Someone so much it hurts
Your lips keep trying to speak
But you just can't find the words
Well I had this dream once
I held you in my hands

She was the purest beauty
But not the common kind
She had a way about her
That made you feel alive
And for a moment
We made the world stand still

Yeah we own the night

You had me dim the lights
You danced just like a child
The wine spilled on your dress
And all you did was smile
Yea it was perfect
I hold it in my mind

Yeah we own the night

When the summer rolls around
And the sun starts sinking down
I still remember you
Oh I remember you
And I wonder where you are
Are you looking at those same stars again
Do you remember when

We woke under a blanket
All tangled up in skin
Not knowing in that moment
We'd never speak again
But it was perfect
I never will forget

When we owned the night
Yeah we owned the night

"Be Careful What You Wish For"/"All We'd Ever Need"

I know, whoever you are out there reading this blog, I am sure you are sick and tired of me talking about the good ole 'Myspace' days...but this one is interesting, I swear!!  I want to say in about 2006, I came across Hillary Scott's Myspace.  Although I discovered a ton of people on there, she always stood out.  Well, on her page she had a solo version of "I Was Here," which was incredible.  I remember hearing that song and somehow, regardless of how many miles and cyberspace...I felt connected.  The power of music people.  Anyways, through following her, I remember her posting about writing for something called 'Lady Antebellum."  Yes, I googled what 'Antebellum' meant, I had never heard of it before.  Well, around 2007, through following her, I found out she created another Myspace under Lady Antebellum that had these incredible songs, unlike I had ever heard before, posted on their site.  Well, I didn't think anything of it, just that she was in a band and was a solo act.  Well, as I was getting ready to go to take a trip to Nashville, I noticed that they were playing a show at a place called 3rd & Lindsley.  Since I was following them on Myspace and this was going to be my 1st time in Nashville, I made it a priority that we go to this show!  Anyways, long story short, we never went...blame it on our 14 hour drive.  Well, little did I know that show would be the first show 3 individual songwriters played as a band called "Lady Antebellum."  I knew them when "Home Is Where The Heart Is" was "Mason Dixon Line" and was a work tape.  Crazy?!  Well, to this day, this video I saw of them playing from that show has always been one of my all time favorite songs...and of course, it's unrecorded.
Well here it: "Be Careful What You Wish For"


However, that was not the first song that I heard from them.  It was this amazing song, that I heard as work-tape, that is, in my eyes, one of the best songs they have ever recorded & NOT released as a single.  Coincidentally, this is the first song they had ever written together.  Magic?  I think so.  This song literally opened my eyes to writing a vulnerable ballad.  This melody, these lyrics...it doesn't get more raw and amazing than this!


FM Radio:
Singers: Lady Antebellum
Writers: Hillary Scott, Dave Haywood, Charles Kelley
Song: "All We'd Ever Need"
Boy it's been all this time,
and I can't get you off my mind,
and nobody knows it but me.
I stare at your photograph,
still sleep in the shirt you left,
and nobody knows it but me.
Everyday I wipe my tears away,
so many nights I've prayed for you to say.

I should have been chasing you,
I should have been trying to prove,
that you were all that mattered to me,
I should have said all the things,
that I kept inside of me and maybe,
I could have made you believe,
that what we had was all we'd ever need.

My friends think I'm moving on,
but the truth is I'm not that strong and nobody knows it but me.
I've kept all the words you said,
in a box underneath my bed,
and nobody knows it but me.

But if you're happy I'll get through somehow,
but the truth is that I've been screaming out.

(Repeat Chorus)

It was all we'd ever need.

Oh, I thought it was all we'd ever need.

I should have been chasing you,
You should have been trying to prove,
that you were all that mattered to me,
Oh, you should have said all the things,
that I kept inside of me and maybe,
You could have made me believe,
that what we had girl,
Oh, that what we had
What we had
It was all we'd ever need


My favorite performance: