Kimmie Rhodes – I Just Drove By (2010 version)




Kimmie Rhodes: acoustic rhythm guitar & vocals,
Gabe Rhodes: guitar, Joe Gracey: bass
Produced by Gabe Rhodes
Recorded and mixed by Joe Gracey and Gabe Rhodes at Sunbird Music
(P) & (C) 2010 Sunbird Records
www.kimmierhodes.com


“This song took 7 years to finish because I kept rewriting it trying to get to a better song. I'm glad I did, because it opened lots of doors for me in the beginning of my career, and became the catalyst for my to introduction to Willie, Waylon, Wynonna, and my dear friend and publisher, and above all, forever songman David Conrad.”

I always go the other way,
but my car drove me down today,
to a little house on the older side of town
Back when things were never hard,
I used to play there in that yard,
and I just drove by to see if things had changed

Cokes were just a nickel then,
and across the street at the 5 and 10,
a lot of things were cheap and square and strange
And the life that we had might have been,
but it was one we loved believing in,
and I just drove by to see if things had changed

I wondered now,
if love is still the way it was back then
I need to know,
that life is still a place worth living in
There it is just like it was,
a house where there was always love
I just drove by to see if things had changed

In a world that’s seen its better days,
its good to know some things remain the same,
though standing still is not time’s way
Take to heart while in it’s spring,
that love is just a fragile thing
I just drove by to see if things had changed

(Kimmie Rhodes) – Gracey-Rhodes/Irving/Rondor/Universal, BMI –