All My Favorite Songs Are Sad Songs

🎵 All My Favorite Songs Are Sad Songs

Verse 1
There’s a jukebox in the corner where I go
When I need something honest and slow
I don’t pick ‘em… they just pick me
Like they know what I need to see

“Hello darlin’”… yeah that one still hits
Like a long time gone I ain’t over yet
And those blue eyes cryin’ in the rain
Sound a whole lot like my kind of pain

There’s a neon moon hangin’ over this town
And a fool hearted memory still hangin’ around
I was checkin’ yes or no, now I don’t know why
I let love walk away without a fight

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Chorus
All my favorite songs are sad songs
From “he stopped lovin’ her” to “I’m so lonesome I could cry” all night long
Every line’s like a truth I learned
From every bridge I ever burned

All my favorite songs are sad songs
Where the chair’s still empty and the night rolls on
If it hurts but it feels this strong
That’s why all my favorite songs are sad songs

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Verse 2
There’s a midnight train that don’t come back
And a man in black still walkin’ that track
Sunday mornin’ comes down too hard
When you’re countin’ sins instead of stars

There’s a reason to believe then it slips away
Like a whiskey river at the end of the day
And freedom’s just another word I learned too late
When there was nothin’ left to take

I’ve been lookin’ for love in all the wrong places
Seen too many lost highway faces
Yeah I’ve played the part and I’ve paid the cost
Of every love I ever lost

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Pre-Chorus
I didn’t learn this from livin’ right
I learned it all from those late-night lines

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Chorus
All my favorite songs are sad songs
From goodbye lines to where did we go wrong
Every word’s like a hand on my back
When I’m one step off the track

All my favorite songs are sad songs
Where the truth don’t care how long it’s gone
If it breaks but it pulls me along
That’s why all my favorite songs are sad songs

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Bridge (this is where it all blends together)
They taught me love don’t always stay
And leavin’ don’t mean you got away
That some hearts bend and some just break
And some words you can’t unsay

Yeah I’ve walked the line, I’ve crossed it too
And I’ve paid my dues in shades of blue
Somewhere between wrong and right
Is a song that gets you through the night

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Final Chorus (lift, full meaning lands)
All my favorite songs are sad songs
‘Cause they told me who I was all along
In the tears, in the scars, in the things I’ve done
In the man I’ve become

All my favorite songs are sad songs
Every one’s like a road I’ve been on
If you listen close, it ain’t just songs…
It’s a life that’s been sung all along

Mid tempo modern country with classic play references