MORE MYSELF
[Verse 1 - soft]
She grew up when the radio still had soul,
Mixtapes, big hair, nowhere to go.
Learned pretty young how to stand her ground,
She’ll bite her tongue—but she won’t back down.
She’s loved one man through the good and bad,
Raised two babies with everything she had.
Now the kids are grown and the years flew by,
But there’s still a little trouble in those eyes.
[Pre-Chorus - building]
She’s got a few more lines around her smile,
But every damn one tells a story worth the while.
[Chorus - big]
She ain’t slowing down, she’s just warming up,
Still says what she thinks, never learned to shut up.
Got a purple kind of wild running through her veins,
A little sunshine mixed with hurricane.
She’s been knocked down, got back up herself,
Loved too hard to ever live halfway.
They can call it getting older if they want to—
She calls it finally knowing who the hell she is today.
[Verse 2]
She’ll laugh too loud and stay up too late,
Worry about everybody while they’re doing great.
She’s got dogs on the couch and family on her mind,
And somehow never quite enough damn time.
She can make a joke when the whole thing’s gone wrong,
Turn the music up and just keep moving on.
There’s a softer heart underneath that fire,
But getting older never made her quieter.
[Bridge - pull back]
Half a century didn’t make her old,
It taught her what to keep and what to let go.
She doesn’t need to be twenty again,
She likes the woman she’s finally become.
She knows what she wants,
Knows what she won’t take,
And she’s done apologizing
For the noise she makes.
[Final Chorus - biggest]
She ain’t slowing down, she’s just warming up,
Still a little reckless, still stubborn as fuck.
Got a purple kind of wild running through her veins,
A whole lot of love and a little insane.
She’s got yesterday behind her, tomorrow raising hell,
And a lifetime of stories she ain’t finished yet.
They can call it getting older if they want to—
She calls it becoming more herself.
[Outro - soft]
Yeah, the years keep coming…
Let ’em.
She’s not getting older—
She’s getting more herself.