Still Love You Anyway

Verse 1

I dragged my heart through a gravel drive

Just to keep you warm at night

Said your name like a six-string cry

You’d smile, laugh, look to the side

Every time I said how I felt

You’d chuckle soft like it didn’t help

That nervous laugh was your escape

Left me hangin’ in that space

(short guitar lick – sting, don’t shred)

Pre-Chorus

I’d ask you straight, you’d shake your head

Say “not right now,” say “not yet”

I kept leanin’ in, you kept pullin’ back

Like love was somethin’ you couldn’t catch

Chorus

So I quit sayin’ I love you

Quit pourin’ it out like wine

Quit askin’ you to be mine

When it was never the right time

I don’t raise hell, I don’t make a sound

Just let it ache inside

Yeah I quit sayin’ I love you

But I still love you anyway

Verse 2

I bent every rule just to fit your world

Played the blues for a restless girl

You said chains make you wanna run

Said love’s a loaded gun

I wore mine like a second skin

While you kept one foot ready to spin

I saw the truth but I stayed too long

‘Cause the hurt still felt like a song

(gritty turnaround riff)

Pre-Chorus

You’d kiss me quick then change the tune

Like feelin’ deep was somethin’ you couldn’t do

I learned real fast what silence means

When you love somebody who won’t lean in

Chorus

So I quit sayin’ I love you

Quit bleedin’ out every truth

Quit askin’ what we could be

When you never knew

I don’t call, I don’t cross that line

I just play it cool and lie

Yeah I quit sayin’ I love you

But I still love you anyway

Bridge (Half-Time, SRV Soul Moment)

Some nights I hear your laugh in my head

Like a ghost laid out in my bed

I reach for the phone, then I set it down

Some lessons hurt when you learn ‘em loud

I don’t need you to change your mind

Don’t need your heart to survive

But love don’t die just ‘cause it ain’t fed

It just plays the blues instead

(LONG expressive solo — bends, vibrato, make it cry)

Last Chorus (Full Band, Dirty)

Yeah I quit sayin’ I love you

Quit knockin’ on your door

Quit askin’ for forever

When you never wanted more

I don’t blame you, I don’t fight

I just carry it like a knife

Yeah I quit sayin’ I love you

But I still love you anyway

Outro (Strip It Down)

I got the hint, yeah I caught the sign

Some hearts ain’t ready at the same damn time

I don’t tell you nothin’ anymore

But baby…

I still feel it in every chord