What Makes A Man
Ben Rector
3:31Alright This is a, this is a new record cycle, a new tour But I still wanna play some old songs The problem with old songs is, uh I wanna play the ones you want, and the way that you want me to Because I feel like I always get bummed when, like I go to a concert and someone's like "Here's my favorite song," or, "Here's your favorite song of mine" "And I'm gonna, like, totally mess it up" Um, but, I also, if you've seen me at other shows I don't wanna play the exact same show So, I decided with this one, it's important to a lot of people It's been in their weddings, um I decided with this one, I would play it exactly the way I wrote it Which I've never done So, I'll take, I'll take you back to how it happened I'm at 1506 Paris Avenue, Nashville, Tennessee, 37212 Don't go there, I don't still live there Uh, I'm looking out the guest bedroom window Which is where I wrote songs when we lived in that house And I had this verse, I'd had it for several months It went like this I'll be your rainy day lover Whenever the sunny days end And whatever the weather, we have each other And that's how the story will end That was a good verse, you know I was happy with it But it's like, it's like thirty seconds and you need more than that for a song And so, sometimes when I'm stuck songwriting I'll kinda like, try to picture what the song sounds like to me Like, what place it takes me to Um, I like thinking pictures a lot How many of you guys watch "Yellowstone"? I too watch "Yellowstone" It is terrible I hope we can agree on that Um, no, it's entertaining But, imagine "Yellowstone," but like, a hundred years earlier That's what I was imagining years back when I wrote this song So, I'll paint the scene for you We're out, okay? We're out in the wild west But it's not day, it's night Now, tonight, we got a few clouds here But on this day, there were no clouds It was just beautiful stars everywhere Ooh, ooh, ooh Little production value for you, Atlanta And off in the distance, in this vision Was one lone cowboy And he was settling in for the night Next to his lovely fire