Fam 2

Lyrics

[VERSE 1 - MALE] Airport lights and another hotel Another week of “I’m doing well” Early flight out, late flight in Wake up tomorrow, do it again Running on coffee, working my tail off Counting down the hours till the wheels touch down All I’ve been thinking is get me home Kick off my shoes and leave me alone [PRE-CHORUS] Then I walk through the door Barely drop my bag Everybody’s smiling Like they’ve got a plan [FEMALE / KIDS] So… Nashville? [MALE] Nashville?! [PAUSE] Alright. [CHORUS - FULL BAND] He says yes When he probably oughta say no Just got off a plane Now we’re loading up to go He says yes Even running on empty again For his kids, for his girl He’ll find a little more to give Late nights, long flights Barely catching his breath We ask him, “Can we do one more thing?” And somehow He says yes [VERSE 2 - MALE] I haven’t unpacked Suitcase by the stairs Same shirt tomorrow I don’t even care Thought I’d get a couch And a football game Now somebody’s yelling “How long to Tennessee?” Work week behind me Highway ahead Everybody comfortable I’m seeing red Tail lights, brake lights Five more hours But they’re singing in the back And somehow that matters [PRE-CHORUS] They don’t know how tired I am They just know Dad came home And if there’s somewhere We can all be together I’m probably gonna go [CHORUS] He says yes When he probably oughta say no Just got off a plane Now he’s back out on the road He says yes Even running on empty again For his kids, for his girl He’ll find a little more to give Late nights, long flights Barely catching his breath We ask him, “Can we do one more thing?” And somehow He says yes [VERSE 3 - MALE, MUSIC DROPS DOWN] Maybe someday they won’t ask anymore Won’t come running when I walk through the door Won’t care if Dad can make the drive They’ll have their own plans Their own lives So maybe I’m tired Maybe that’s true Maybe there’s a thousand things I’d rather not do But there’s a little voice In the back of my mind Saying man You don’t get this forever in life [MUSIC STOPS] So I say yes [BRIDGE - FEMALE ENTERS, DUET BUILDS] [FEMALE] You’ve been flying all week Working yourself to death [MALE] I’m alright I just need a little rest [FEMALE] Then you come home And give us what is left [MALE] There’s always something left for you [FEMALE] You drive through the night Just to make us smile [MALE] It’s Tennessee It’s really not that far [FEMALE] You’d give us your last mile [MALE] Baby, that’s just who we are [FEMALE] No That’s who you are [BUILD] [FEMALE] You don’t see the man I see [MALE] I’m just trying to be what you need [FEMALE] You’re the man I dreamed I’d find [MALE] I’m just lucky you’re mine [FEMALE] The kids will remember every mile [MALE] They’ll remember you too [FEMALE] You give us everything you have [MALE] Because everything I have is you [VOICES BEGIN OVERLAPPING] [FEMALE] You call it nothing [MALE] It’s nothing special [FEMALE] I call it everything [MALE] It’s just what love means [FEMALE] You say you’re no hero [MALE] I’m definitely not [FEMALE] You’re still the man of my dreams [MALE] Then your standards dropped a lot [FEMALE] Shut up [LAUGH - BAND BUILDS] [MALE] I just say yes [FEMALE] You always say yes [MALE] I just love you [FEMALE] That’s why you’re the best [MALE] I just say yes [FEMALE] You keep showing up [BOTH] When the people you love Are the people you love Somehow there’s always A little more left [FINAL CHORUS - HUGE] He says yes When he probably oughta say no Gets off the plane And gets right back on the road He says yes When there’s nothing left in the tank He gives us his time And never asks us for thanks Late nights, long flights Every beautiful mess Someday they may stop asking So until then [MALE] I’ll say yes [FEMALE] You’ll say yes [KIDS / CROWD] HE SAYS YES! [BOTH] Yeah somehow There’s always one more yes [OUTRO - QUIET PIANO] [FEMALE] You know you could’ve just said no to Nashville [MALE] I know [FEMALE] Why didn’t you? [MALE] Because you wanted to go [FEMALE] See? [MALE] Don’t make a thing out of it