Story Behind The Song

List songs are fun. This is a list of someone's excuses for not showing up.

Song Description

You can go all country-funk with this, or bluesy-pop. A good reference track might be "High Class" (Eric Paslay). I wrote the entire lyric and my co-writer, guitarist Steve Rutledge, banged out the changes. The whole thing took us about 45 minutes.

Lyrics

Sixteen Chances
Sarah Motes Ashley & Steve Rutledge

VERSE 1
you lost your keys
you fell asleep
you forgot which one's my street
well that's one two three
But you're so cute
I let you slide
Then you lie
sweet as pie
I gave you four I gave you five

Chorus
I gave you sixteen chances baby
I shoulda gave you two
I was a fool
I gave you
Sixteen chances baby
But you blew the last one
and I'm done
I'm done with you

count 'em up, count 'em down

VERSE 2
Your car won't start
your ride was late
you said you had to leave the state
that's six seven eight
You closed the bar
You made new friends
I gotta bail you out again
I gave you nine I gave you ten

Chorus

Bridge
Your phone works
when you call another man
Your grandma's fine
until we have plans
you give me heartbreak
and frustration
but I gotta give it up
for your imagination