If It Was Up To Me

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With folkie conscience, country simplicity, and a vagabond’s desire for mischief, Hayes Carll has spent over 20 years including anybody who will listen in an easy conversation about what it is we’re all doing here.

“I like to tug at heartstrings, find commonality with others, reflect on my own life, and sometimes I do it in a lighthearted way,” says Carll while discussing his 8th album You Get It All. “A lot of musical styles found their way onto this record, but my first and most formative influences came from country music. This is a country singer-songwriter record. It’s just unapologetically me.”

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With folkie conscience, country simplicity, and a vagabond’s desire for mischief, Hayes Carll has spent over 20 years including anybody who will listen in an easy conversation about what it is we’re all doing here.

“I like to tug at heartstrings, find commonality with others, reflect on my own life, and sometimes I do it in a lighthearted way,” says Carll while discussing his 8th album You Get It All. “A lot of musical styles found their way onto this record, but my first and most formative influences came from country music. This is a country singer-songwriter record. It’s just unapologetically me.”

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lyrics

If it was up to me
The fish would all be bitin’
The words would not need writin’
They’d just fall out of my pen

If it was up to me
My bank account would have more zeroes
I’d be friends with all my heroes
And they’d call me now and then

If it was up to me
I’d live out by the sea
And order extra rum with every single drink

I’d let it and the waves
Drown your memory
If it was up to me

If it was up to me
We’d all be driving eighty
I’d be livin’ like they paid me
Instead of working to get paid

If it was up to me
My mistakes would not outlive me
And everyone could just forgive me
For all the ones I’ve made

If it was up to me
I’d have my own money tree
And I’d buy all the things that I don’t really need
It’d help me not to think
About how we used to be
If it was up to me

If it was up to me
The Stros would win the season
And I’d have every reason to go out and paint the town

If it was up to me
This life would be so easy
Everyone would aim to please me
And they’d never let me down

If it was up to me
I’d have no enemies
And I’d receive the grace I need without apology
And no one that I love
Would ever have to leave
If it was up to me
But it’s not up to me

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from You Get It All, released October 30, 2021
Writers: Hayes Carll/ Sean McConnell/ Allison Moorer

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