Zach Bryan

The Great American Bar Scene

Ashburn

Born in Japan and raised on the flats of Oklahoma, nostalgia evoking songs in all genres from the singer-songwriter to his new trend of alternative rock go everywhere from heartland to heartbreak. His music inspirations are derived from acts like Bon Iver, Otis Redding, Kings of Leon, Gillian Welch, Jason Isbell and many more and he has actively discussed always trying to be a crossroad between all of them by the time his music career comes to an end. He currently resides on the Eastern coast.
After serving nine years on active duty in the Navy and planning to stay there, he released an acoustic album with his naval peers in a one bedroom air bnb in Jacksonville, Florida. It was there his life would change forever landing him offers from every record label from East to West. He then stayed in the Navy for another year and a half. After conflict’s in his own mind about staying in the Navy or pursuing music started to arise, the United States Navy thought it would be best to honorably discharge him to pursue music. 
From his sold out shows at 1,000 cap venues to 70,000 cap stadiums, his meteoric rise as a songwriter and the catalog he has constructed through the last four short years; it seems he will be writing and recording for a long time. His most recent release was on July 4th, 2024 with his third studio album called, ‘The Great American Bar Scene.’
He is currently on his last tour ever, the Quittin’ Time tour.

This is Zach Bryan. The essential tracks, all in one playlist.

This Is Zach Bryan

Been listening to this guy on youtube for years. Today I had to drive my best friend (my dog) to the vet to say his final goodbye and this song came on the radio. You made it man. You finally made it.   Last song my Frankie boy ever heard.  He always loved just laying out in the sun and basking.  Now everytime I see the sun&#39;s orange hue across the sky I&#39;ll think of my buddy. &quot;But I miss you in the mornings when I see the sun.&quot;

Been listening to this guy on youtube for years. Today I had to drive my best friend (my dog) to the vet to say his final goodbye and this song came on the radio. You made it man. You finally made it.   Last song my Frankie boy ever heard.  He always loved just laying out in the sun and basking.  Now everytime I see the sun's orange hue across the sky I'll think of my buddy. "But I miss you in the mornings when I see the sun."

I’m 73 and lost my love at 25.  For all these years and all the songs I’ve heard this one describes my heartache best.  Thank you Zach Bryan.

My 17 year old son just passed away on 02.04.2024 in a tragic kayaking accident and this was one of his favorite songs, he loved all your music! It holds a whole new meaning now. From the bottom of my heart, thanking for making this beautiful song.

My dad died 8/30/24 and he used to listen to this song when he’s sad and this was one of his favorite songs so thank you for making this song that my dad liked

My wife took her life a month ago. I’m alone with our daughter and 6 month old son. I heard this song for the first time today and it hits incredibly hard from my new perspective. Thank you Zach Bryan.

My son introduced me to Zach&#39;s music a few years ago. He put Old Man on his radio in his truck on a surf trip. He said &quot;this song reminds me of you, dad&quot;. I lost my son Joshua tragically this July. My daughter was able to recover his songs from his Spotify playlist. This song was on there. It played at his funeral. I&#39;m grateful for your music Zach. Glad to hear you on the radio nowadays. God bless and thank you. <a href="http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=%23longlivejosh">#longlivejosh</a>

My son introduced me to Zach's music a few years ago. He put Old Man on his radio in his truck on a surf trip. He said "this song reminds me of you, dad". I lost my son Joshua tragically this July. My daughter was able to recover his songs from his Spotify playlist. This song was on there. It played at his funeral. I'm grateful for your music Zach. Glad to hear you on the radio nowadays. God bless and thank you. #longlivejosh

I lost my wife and high school sweetheart just prior to this song coming out. She’s no longer here but I know she’s always here. This song saved me. Thank you ❤️🕊

This was my best friends favorite song. He passed away June 24, 2024. 34 years old. This is where I can find him. Thank you for the song

Being forgotten is not the worst feeling. Being forgotten by someone you can never forget is far more painful.

Being forgotten is not the worst feeling.
Being forgotten by someone you can never forget is far more painful.

Last December was my absolute rock bottom. Exactly 1 year ago was heading home from Durant Oklahoma to Dallas Tx, making my weekly trip to pick up Methamphetamine. This song came on and instantly opened my eyes to how bad my addiction had gotten. Here in just a couple hours I&#39;ll be officially 1 year sober and I&#39;m lucky enough to say I have my wife and daughter here to celebrate with me!

Last December was my absolute rock bottom. Exactly 1 year ago was heading home from Durant Oklahoma to Dallas Tx, making my weekly trip to pick up Methamphetamine. This song came on and instantly opened my eyes to how bad my addiction had gotten. Here in just a couple hours I'll be officially 1 year sober and I'm lucky enough to say I have my wife and daughter here to celebrate with me!

I&#39;m a 71 year old woman, and having loved music all my life, and  still listen to current releases. I am moved by these beautiful voices and the song they have created. It is both heartwarming and heartbreaking - thank you

I'm a 71 year old woman, and having loved music all my life, and  still listen to current releases. I am moved by these beautiful voices and the song they have created. It is both heartwarming and heartbreaking - thank you

As I battle with alcoholism, depression and PTSD while I await help from the VA this song hurts but helps. It’s just different when it says “ you’re drinking everything to ease your mind, but when the hell are you gonna ease mine” it reminds me that I have a gorgeous, loving and caring wife that helps me fight through my battles. I have a different appreciation for this song.

Someone like this comment so I can remember to take my meds

Once a wise man said, when you&#39;re happy you enjoy the melody but when you&#39;re broken you understand the lyrics

Once a wise man said, when you're happy you enjoy the melody but when you're broken you understand the lyrics

I&#39;m leaving this comment here so after a month or a year when someone likes it, I get reminded of this song ❤

I'm leaving this comment here so after a month or a year when someone likes it, I get reminded of this song ❤

Everyone who reads this, we don&#39;t know each other and probably never will but I wish you all the best in life and all the luck in the world.

Everyone who reads this, we don't know each other and probably never will but I wish you all the best in life and all the luck in the world.

I&#39;m just a 56 year old survivor of myself, and all that that entails.  Very few things can strike a true chord in me , Zach Bryan does, and never fails.  His music burrowed deep in my heart, time is more tolerable, restlessness settles and I feel like I might like to sing again.  Thank you for sharing yourself with big bad world. God bless you and yours.

I'm just a 56 year old survivor of myself, and all that that entails.  Very few things can strike a true chord in me , Zach Bryan does, and never fails.  His music burrowed deep in my heart, time is more tolerable, restlessness settles and I feel like I might like to sing again.  Thank you for sharing yourself with big bad world. God bless you and yours.

I just lost my wife. 40+ Years. Baddest baby on the beach. This song is me. Wake up to whiskey. But..I&#39;ll be ok. Hope all you that have this pain..God bless and keep you!

I just lost my wife.  40+ Years. Baddest baby on the beach. This song is me. Wake up to whiskey. 
But..I'll be ok. Hope all you that have this pain..God bless and keep you!

I&#39;m just a simple father to my little girl, husband to my wife, son of refugees sitting here in Montreal, listening to this song and uncontrollably tearing up. It doesn&#39;t matter where you&#39;re from, who you are or where you&#39;re going; this song touches the deepest reaches of your soul. One of the most amazing songs I&#39;ve ever heard. Much love from the Great White North.

I'm just a simple father to my little girl, husband to my wife, son of refugees sitting here in Montreal, listening to this song and uncontrollably tearing up. It doesn't matter where you're from, who you are or where you're going; this song touches the deepest reaches of your soul. 

One of the most amazing songs I've ever heard. Much love from the Great White North.

This song just won a Grammy!!!!! Congrats to Zach and Kacey

This looks like it’s been all cut up from a movie. It’s like it tells a huge story in three and a half minutes. This hits different than anything ive ever seen or heard. Literally found Zach’s work tonight and I’m so glad I did.

&quot;That small town bar scene Where small vices kill your big dreams&quot; To anyone who hasn&#39;t grown up in these small, sub 600 resident, towns, these lyrics are incredibly true. It&#39;s so easy to be the king of a small town. All you have to do is visit us and all we talk about is the good old days. Small accomplishments that we will never stop talking about because we never accomplished much else. Some of the deepest, most intelligent and talented people never find expression in their genius because they are drowning in alcohol in a small town. Zach killed it with this one.

"That small town bar scene
Where small vices kill your big dreams"

To anyone who hasn't grown up in these small, sub 600 resident, towns, these lyrics are incredibly true. It's so easy to be the king of a small town. All you have to do is visit us and all we talk about is the good old days. Small accomplishments that we will never stop talking about because we never accomplished much else. Some of the deepest, most intelligent and talented people never find expression in their genius because they are drowning in alcohol in a small town. Zach killed it with this one.

Grew up in a small town and I can think of 20 people this song is about.  This is what country music should be.

To anybody reading this, I pray that whatever is hurting you or whatever you are constantly stressing about gets better. May the dark thoughts, the overthinking, and the doubt exit your mind may clarity replace confusion. may peace and calmness fill your life

Zach creates a feeling that words can not describe. What he does is undeniably art

Much respect for including a native actor. We are intrinsic to Oklahoman culture and I&#39;m happy to see it represented.

Much respect for including a native actor. We are intrinsic to Oklahoman culture and I'm happy to see it represented.

As a girl from Oklahoma, I loved a man who was like these two men combined. The pull men like that can have on you is almost impossible to explain, but I feel like he got the nostalgic and heartbreaking emotions that go along with it. Combined with the small town, simple life it’s something that’s very hard to let go of. But you can’t fight life and you can’t keep everything that is given to you. I can’t really describe how this song/video makes me feel, but thanks Zach.

Music videos were such a massive part of our lives growing up. Come home from school and just watch music videos every day. Great stuff here.

Celebrating my sisters birthday today. She passed almost a year ago and it&#39;s been tough but Mr Zach Bryan has gotten me through.

Celebrating my sisters birthday today. She passed almost a year ago and it's been tough but Mr Zach Bryan has gotten me through.

My Songs

It'll be fine by dusk light I'm telling you baby,
These things eat at your bones and drive your young mind crazy,
But when you place your head between my collar and jaw,
I don't know much but there's no weight at all,
And I'm damned if I do and I'm damned if I don't,
'Cause if I say I miss you I know that you won't, 
But I miss you in the mornings when I see the sun,
Something in the orange tells me we're not done, 

To you I'm just a man, to me you're all I am, 
Where the hell am I 'supposed to go? 
I poisoned myself again, 
Something in the orange tells me you're never coming home,
If you leave today I’ll just stare at the way, 
The orange touches all things around, 
The grass trees and dew, how I just hate you,
Please turn those headlights around, 

I need to hear you say you've been waitin' all night,
There’s orange dancing in your eyes from bulb light, 
Your voice only trembles when you try to speak, 
Take me back to us dancing this wood used to creak, 

To you I'm just a man, to me you're all I am, 
Where the hell am I 'supposed to go? 
I poisoned myself again, 
Something in the orange tells me you're never coming home,
If you leave today I’ll just stare at the way, 
The orange touches all things around, 
The grass trees and dew, how I just hate you,
Please turn those headlights around, 

To you I'm just a man, to me you're all I am, 
Where the hell am I 'supposed to go? 
I poisoned myself again, 
Something in the orange tells me you're never coming home,
If you leave today I’ll just stare at the way, 
The orange touches all things around, 
The grass trees and dew, how I just hate you,
Please turn those headlights around, 
Please turn those headlights around.

Zach Bryan - Something In The Orange

Rot gut whiskey’s gonna ease my mind
Beach town rests on the “drying” line
Do I remind you of your daddy in his 88 Ford?
Labrador hanging out the passenger door
The sand from your hair is blowing in my eyes
Blame it on the beach grown men don’t cry

Do you remember that beatdown basement couch
I’d sing you my love songs and you’d tell me about
How your momma ran off and pawned her ring
I remember, I remember everything

A cold shoulder a closing time 
you were begging me to stay till the sun rose
Strange words come on out of a grown man’s mouth when his minds broke
Pictures and passing time you only smile like that when you’re drinking
I wish I didn’t but I do, remember every moment on the nights with you

You’re drinking everything to ease your mind
When in the hell are you gonna ease mine
You’re like concrete feet in the summer heat
It burns like hell when two souls meet 
And you’ll never be the man you always swore
But I’ll remember your singing in that ’88 Ford

A cold shoulder a closing time 
you were begging me to stay till the sun rose
Strange words come on out of a grown man’s mouth when his minds broke
Pictures and passing time you only smile like that when you’re drinking
I wish I didn’t but I do, remember every moment on the nights with you

Rot gut whiskey gonna ease my mind
Beach town rests on the “drying” line 
Do I remind you of your daddy in my’88 Ford
Labrador hanging out the passenger door

Zach Bryan - I Remember Everything (feat. Kacey Musgraves)

Zach Bryan - Oklahoma Smokeshow

Zach Bryan - Heading South

Zach Bryan - Sun to Me

Zach Bryan - Nine Ball

This song is for Maggie. 

Someday, I’ll make it there, I swear, to that place that haunts my dreams at night,
Singing heavenly highway hymns all the way up to that beautiful old countryside,
Someday, I’ll find the words to explain all the good times that echo through my mind,
Your grin in the mornings, a warm southern sun, or seeing double when those chemicals align
Just some kids who needed love, using laughter as their drug, doing their best to tow that hard line,
Someday, I will lie under blue skies, in a hay field that holds me like home,
I’ll ask forgiveness with God as my witness for straying so far on my own,

Today, I will hold my head up high,
Knowing some day, comes one day at a time,
Today, there’s a sun setting soon as suppers warm,
Today, I’ve got someday on my mind,

Someday, I will call up my old friends and we’ll catch up with too many beers,
Pull an all-nighter, sitting around fire, for the first time in so many years,

Someday,

Someday, I will come to my senses, stop sitting on fences in fear,
And I will realize, after all of this time that some day was always just right here,

Today, I will hold my head up high, knowing some day has been here the whole damn time, 
There’s a sun set setting, I ain’t forgetting, the blood that made my heart warm,
Today, I found what I was searching for,

Someday, I will send you a postcard from the place that I’m smiling tonight,
I sang heavenly highway hymns all the way up to this beautiful warm country side.

Zach Bryan - Someday On My Mind

You are mine again, every mistake that you made,
All the people that you saved, took a little piece of you with them

You are mine again, and I’m so damn glad you’re here, 
Talking sober, calm and clear like you couldn’t back then

How many sad songs it take, to get your stubborn ass awake,
What finally got you rising from your bed,

Was it the sunset on her cheeks, leading down to her delicate collarbones,
Or the judgement of your mind when you’re alone

Mine again, my fondest friend where the hell you been,
I’ve been struggling to get back to you

If you fight all night, I’m sure you’ll gain the guts to try, 
To get past the things that you’ve been through,
No one plays the fool quite like you

Are those tires you got still turning,
Is that spirit you had still burning,
Do you still talk that shit the way you did before

And all the women and the wages and the wars that I’ve been waging,
I just don’t feel like fighting anymore

Mine again, my fondest friend where the hell you been,
I’ve been struggling to get back to you

If you fight all night, I’m sure you’ll gain the guts to try, 
It ain’t your fault what you’ve been through
No one plays it cool quite the way you do

Mine again, so head back home and be who you know you can
Mine again, so don’t be so cruel and play God with all his plans

Mine again, my fondest friend, where the hell you been
I’ve been struggling to get back to you
If you fight all night, I’m sure you’ll gain the guts to try
It’s not your fault what you’ve been through 
No one plays it cool quite like you

Cause I am mine again, with every mistake that I made, 
And I ain’t ashamed to say who the hell I am
Cause I am mine again, and I’m so damn glad I’m here,
Talking strong, sober and clear, like I couldn’t back then

Zach Bryan - Mine Again

Zach Bryan - The Good I'll Do

Alright man I’m ready when y’all are
This is your song mike let’s do it
Here we go, 1, 2, 3, eh

So take me down a road thats a little bit windy
To a place they still put sugar in their iced tea
Where the women are fine and the love is fair
Hey driver you can drop me off anywhere

Hey driver, pull on over I’m in a fight with god
This Carolina shoulder seems the place I’m getting off
Daddy always told me, never make a home on the road
While your lady’s sneaking out and the kids are growing old

Hey driver, I’ve been riding this lonely way too long
All the love I have worth giving is all spent on my songs
Hey driver, the boys are gambling with more than just their cards
With their bottles and their drugs and their bibles and their hearts

So take me down a road thats a little bit windy
To a place they still put sugar in their iced tea
Where the women are fine and the love is fair
Hey driver you can drop me off anywhere
Hey driver you can drop me off anywhere

Hey driver, I’ve been feeling like there’s no point at all
The klonopin ain’t kicked in and I missed my sisters call
Hey driver I’m so tired of the ways of this old world
Just drive until the tires melt we’ll come back when it’s healed

So take me down a road thats a little bit windy
To a place they still put sugar in their iced tea
Where the women are fine and the love is fair
Hey driver you can drop me off anywhere
Hey driver you can drop me off anywhere
Hey driver you can drop me off anywhere
So take me down a road thats a little bit windy
To a place they still put sugar in their iced tea
Where the women are fine and the love is fair
Hey driver you can drop me off anywhere
Hey driver you can drop me off anywhere
Hey driver you can drop me off anywhere

Zach Bryan - Hey Driver (feat. The War and Treaty)

Zach Bryan’s first single off his debut studio album ‘American Heartbreak’
Stream it here:

https://zachbryan.lnk.to/FromAustin

There is concrete below me and a sky above so blue, I’m finally leaving Austin and I wish it was with you, 
I am just a sickness and you seem to be the cure, 
How much can a southern girl honestly endure?

Remember Northwest Mountains that were snow-capped in June?
You were napping on my arms on a Sunday afternoon,
But babe I’ve got to heal myself, from the things I’ve never felt,
Repression is my heaven but I’d rather go through hell, 

It’s about time that I left Austin, 
About time you settled down,
With a man who doesn’t move as quick, 
As the trains rolling through town,
It’s about time that I face, 
The hard times I’ve let go, 
If love is just an ocean I would drown before I float,

Do you remember getting drunk on the outskirts of this town, 
When I gave you all I had but it still let you down, 
Everyone I’ve ever loved, has either left or died, 
Wish I was born with concrete shoes but I’m leaving tonight,

It’s about time that I left Austin, 
About time you settled down,
With a man who doesn’t move as quick, 
As the trains rolling through town,
It’s about time that I face, 
The hard times I’ve let go, 
If love is just an ocean I would drown before I float,

Flo—-at, 
Flo—-at,

There is concrete below me and a sky above so blue, 
People ruin people, I don’t want to ruin you, 
I am just a sickness and you seem to be the cure, 
How much can a southern girl honestly endure?

And I’m finally gone from Austin, 
You finally settled down,
With a man who didn’t move as quick, 
As the trains roll through town,
I finally had to face,
The hard times I’ve let go, 
If loving yous an ocean I’d of drowned so you could float,



#zachbryan #fromaustin

Zach Bryan - From Austin

Zach Bryan (feat. Maggie Rogers) - Dawns

Highway boys on the road tonight, got a, gig out at the Ryman, 
Finally learned the hard way, that all good things take time friend,
I heard they’ll pay a lost soul, to sing his songs true,
That make a southern boy cry, or turn a northeast man confused,

And I awoke with a fever, sweating oceans again,
There’s mirrors in hotel rooms but I do not recognize them,
Maybe it’s the feeling that I, get in my sleep,
That all the memories in my mind, are only mine to keep, 

I wanna’ ride that K-10 to way back when,
Sleep next to the river hear it rushing again,
Get my no good soul back to where it belo—ngs,
And do my best to keep truth in songs,
Do my best to keep truth in songs,

And all of my old friends miss, having me around, but, highways work both ways and I can’t stand the liars in town, 
If you need me you can find me, slightly out of control, 
Cause’ Highway boys don’t rest and don’t hang hats til’ their home,
Highway boys on the road tonight, got a, gig out at the Ryman, 
They finally found out the hard way that this sound I got is mine man,

So if you need me ca—ll, if you’re in love, fall, just know that highway boys don’t stick around at all

I wanna’ ride that K-10 to way back when,
Sleep next to the river hear it rushing again,
Get my no good soul back to where it belo—ngs,
And do my best to keep truth in songs,
Do my best to keep truth in songs,

Highway boys on the road tonight, got a gig out at the Ryman, 
They finally found out the hard way that this sound I got is mine man,

Zach Bryan - Highway Boys

The kids are in town for a funeral
So pack the car and dry your eyes
I know they got plenty of young blood left in em
And plenty nights under pink skies
You taught em to enjoy

So clean the house
Clear the drawers
Mop the floors
Stand tall
Like no ones ever been here
Before or at all
And don’t you mention all the inches
That are scraped on the door frame
We all know you tip toed up to 4’1 back in ’08

If you could see em now
You’d be proud
But you’d think they’s yuppies
Your funeral was beautiful
I bet god heard you coming

The kids are in town for a funeral
And the grass all smells the same as the day you broke your arm swinging
I’m that kid out on the river
You bailed him out
Never said a thing about Jesus or the way he’s living

If you could see em now
You’d be proud
But you’d think they’s yuppies
Your funeral was beautiful
I bet god heard you coming

If you could see em now
You’d be proud
But you’d think they’s yuppies
Your funeral was beautiful
I bet god heard you coming

The kids are in town for a funeral
So pack the car and dry your eyes
I know they got plenty young blood left in em
And plenty nights under pink skies
You taught em to enjoy

Zach Bryan - Pink Skies

East Side of Sorrow
18 years old full of hate, they shipped me off in a motorcade
They said boy you’re going to fight a war
You don’t even know what you’re fighting for
I lost friends in the august heat
At night it was god I’d always meet
I said lord won’t you bring me home
I’ve got women in the west I wanna hold

And I lost you in a waiting room after sleeping there for a week or two
Doctor said he did all he could you were the last thing I had that was good
So I walked miles on the tulsa streets
Light started beaming in from the east 
6am and fucked up again asking god where the hell he’d been

He said the sun’s going to rise tomorrow 
Somewhere on the east side of sorrow
You better pack your bags west stick out your chest and then hit the road
The suns going to rise tomorrow somewhere on the east side of sorrow
Don’t give it a reason to follow
 let it be and then let it go
Let it be and then let it go

Heard your brother lost his mind in the city last fall
Was it his blood or his conscious or the alcohol
Did the navy do him well or did he wind up sick
Like every other brave boy from these run down sticks
Do you ever get tired of singing songs 
like all your pain is just another fucking sing along
If you ever get the time come on home
I heard turnpikes back together and they’re writing songs

He said the sun’s going to rise tomorrow 
Somewhere on the east side of sorrow
You better pack your bags west stick out your chest and then hit the road
the sun’s going to rise tomorrow 
Somewhere on the east side of sorrow
Don’t give it a reason to follow
Let it be then let it go
Let it be then let it go

Zach Bryan - East Side of Sorrow

Zach Bryan - Oak Island

The 2024 Highway Boy Draft

Zach Bryan & John Mayer - Better Days

Noeline Hofmann & Zach Bryan - Purple Gas

Screen-door cracked 
The ballgame on
Man on the porch singin’ baritone
Tan line leads to that gentle place 
Between her collar bone and her stone-cold face

Dock hand boys all say goodbye 
To the women that they swear 
Are going to be their wives 
They’ll be gone by the wintertime 
And they don’t wanna bother 
With no friend of mine

Wet, Hot, American Nights
Shake your body dry under coastline light 
Wet, Hot, American Nights
We snuck our Fords to the shore 
and drank a bottle bone dry
We snuck our Fords to the shore 
and drank a bottle bone dry

Davey got back from his first tour 
He ain’t the same boy that he was before 
Twenty’s too young to nearly die
American boys are a friend of mine 

Heard Mary got that job
that she wanted out of town 
She was better than the sum 
of all of us anyhow
She still stops by
Whenever she can 
She’s tougher than my brother 
With a balled left-hand

Wet, Hot, American Nights
Shake your body off under coastline light 
Wet, Hot, American Nights
We snuck our Fords to the shore 
and drank a bottle bone dry
We snuck our Fords to the shore 
and drank a bottle bone dry

Screen-door cracked 
The ballgame on
Man on the porch singin’ baritone
Tan line leads to that gentle place 
Between her collar bone and her stone-cold face

Zach Bryan - American Nights

Rain started fallin’ on the roof that mornin’ 
It was early summertime
We fogged up the rear window of my 
Sixty-Seven, three-hundred, in-line
My lungs have been hurtin’ 
And it’s likely my liver 
Has taken a lickin’, too 
Them Beale Street boys are handy 
With A clap on four and two 
The thrill is gone so slow and easy 
Won’t you love me tender?
The way you move’s a drug 
and I am on a life-long bender 
So rest them tired eyes 
and let your dress fall to the ground 
We’re the only ones left 
Who love Otis in this town 

I need you like Memphis the blues 
I need you like Memphis the blues 

Cracked up skies 
Tried on a couple lives 
To find the one that fit 
Cold wind comin’ and the heat quit runnin’ 
But you keep my candle lit
Pictures on the wall say it all 
With the kind-a-conviction 
Make a river burn 
You got a skeleton key on a chain around your neck 
I got a chain around my heart 
Church bells ringing in the air down the hill from the house where you were born 
I said baby don’t you think we aught to live a little bit before Gabriel blows his horn
I need you like Memphis the blues 
I need you like Memphis the blues 

I need you like Memphis the blues 
I need you like Memphis the blues 
I need you like Memphis the blues 
I need you like Memphis the blues….

Zach Bryan - Memphis; The Blues (feat. John Moreland)

You took a train
To the south-side of Boston 
You showed me where 
Your old man stayed 

Took twenty-eight years of 
Blood I was lost in 
To feel loved on my own Birthday 

And I always felt like 
I’s in-between something 
Like home and somewhere far away 
But tonight on the West side 
in a bar out in Brooklyn 
I saw tears outline your face 

How lucky are we? 
It’s been a hell of a week 
But you’re all grown now
There’s smoke seepin’ out 
Of your bloody teeth 
But you’re home somehow 

And I’ll be upstairs 
With the guitar I’s given 
When I was barely fourteen 
When did McGlinchey’s get so crowded?
And why are the crowds so damn green? 

I lost my mind on the streets of the city 
And maybe I lost all hope too
Took twenty-eight years of blood pumping through me 
To get to this evening with you 

How lucky are we?
It’s been a hell of a week 
But we’re all grown now 
There’s smoke seepin’ out 
Of the bar down the street 
But we’re home somehow 

How lucky are we?
It’s been a hell of a week 
And we’re all grown now 
There’s smoke seepin’ out 
Of the bar down the street 
But we’re home somehow

You took a train to the south-side of Boston 
You showed me where your whole heart stayed 
Took twenty-eight years of blood pumpin’ through me
To feel loved on my own Birthday

Zach Bryan - 28

Let me die out in the boons
It took me thirteen years to bloom
They broke up but he’s alright 
We’ll be in town ‘till late tonight 
Dyin’ in the boons

And I hate a hungry crowd 
Worst of ‘em all 
Talk the loudest
I guess I’ll die out here 
With a hammer and a beer 
Just dyin’ in the Boons

So leave me out of that 
talk downtown 
I have found 
everything 
I’ll ever need 
Real dee-eeep 
In the boons

I met a girl deep in the city 
She said she don’t mind 
Sittin’ with me 
I let my troubles float away 
I had myself 
A Simple day 
Just dyin’ in the boons

And how I miss the quick-stop line
They say hello every time 
No concern for politics
Come on home
I’ll check for ticks 
Love me gently in the boons 

And why does everyone I know 
Have somewhere else to go?
Won’t you look up from your hands?
Let’s be still while we still can
Stay a while out in the boons

So leave me out of that 
talk downtown 
I have found 
Everything
 I’ll ever need 
Real Dee-eeep 
In the boons 

Let me die out in the boons 
It took me thirteen years to bloom
I’m beat up but I’m alright 
I’ll be in town till late tonight
Just dyin in the boons

Zach Bryan - Boons

My old man bought a big bass boat,
When I think of that summer of hope I choke,
Cause even if we didn’t catch a little bit of something,
We’d park that boat by the bluff at the days inn

I got a need to find trouble when things are alright,
I pine for pain in the morning light,
And even with my baby sitting next to me,
I’m a self sabotaging suicide machine,

And you’re going, going, going,
‘Til the Lord calls you home in,
Your work boots and your worn coveralls,
And you’ll show them, show them, show them, 
With your high collateral loan on,
That home where your children play with dolls,

‘Cause I was raised by a woman who was hardly impressed,
And I carry that shit real deep in my chest,
‘Cause I ain’t ever been one for cheap excuses,
And apologies have always been a little late or useless,
But if you give me four minutes and a little ‘bit of time,
I’ll make them old days an old friend of mine,
And I can talk to God and I can pray all day,
But you can’t heal something that you never raised,

And you’re going, going, going, 
On Thanksgiving day when, you’re sneaking off to drink some alcohol,
And you’ll show them, show them, show them,
While you’re kissing all the knees of,
Every scrape and every bloody fall,

My old man bought a big bass boat,
When I think of that summer of hope I choke,
Cause even if we didn’t catch a little bit of something,
We’d park that boat by the bluff at the days end

Zach Bryan - Bass Boat

Play me something gently
I’m across the ocean, missing home
There are lights on sparklin’ towers
That shine dark when seen alone

Somewhere there’s a mountain
that overlooks the sea
I wonder if that mountain
has got more rock than my band and me

And I ain’t no victim to a naive boy’s dreams
But i wish you were here now
to see these damned old sparklin’ things

It’s a long road to heaven
It’s a far drop to hell
I pray we outlive this fountain
I reckon time will tell
The stronger folks keep goin
No matter where they’ve been
And there are lights on sparklin’ towers
That I’ll never see again

I am not the person that I was yesterday
And the things I’m seeing now
Will never be the same

Do you think God’s a person?
Or the blinking lights?
The reflect in her eyes while she walks these streets at night

Do you think God’s a person?
Or is he just the sound, of laughter through the walls,
In a place I haven’t found

It’s a long road to heaven
It’s a far drop to hell
I pray we out-live this fountain
I reckon only time can tell
The stronger folks keep goin’
No matter where they’ve been
There are lights on sparklin’ towers
That I’ll never see again

Do you think God’s a person?
Or is he just the sound,
Of early mornin’ creakin’
on some floors way out of town

I’m breathing in a life
And my legs are wokin’ fine
Do you think God’s a person,
Or the slowly-passing time

Zach Bryan

The Great American Bar Scene

Zach Bryan

All My Homies Hate Ticketmaster (Live from Red Rocks)

American Heartbreak

Elisabeth

DeAnn

Memphis; The Blues (feat. John Moreland)

Better Days (feat. John Mayer)

Purple Gas

Pink Skies

Boys Of Faith

Sarah's Place (feat. Noah Kahan)

Boys Of Faith (feat. Bon Iver)

Spotless (feat. The Lumineers)

I Remember Everything (feat. Kacey Musgraves)

Holy Roller (feat. Sierra Ferrell)