Name: I Was There
Duration: P00H05M08S
Description: This song is about loving and caring for our younger selves. The vulnerable child that craved validation and acceptance. The child that experienced trauma and longed for someone to understand their feelings and ultimately to be there for them in the middle of it all.

I Was There

from Summer Glow by Matt Tipton

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This song is about loving and caring for our younger selves. The vulnerable child that craved validation and acceptance. The child that experienced trauma and longed for someone to understand their feelings and ultimately to be there for them in the middle of it all.

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Brand new pair of snake skin boots
And pair of wrangler jeans
Back down south in a quiet suburb
And a brand new life at thirteen
1996 was a blur
But I still remember some
Like The day you took his last name and became his only son

I know you thought it would like the families you see in movies
Where the father and son and the mom got along with no worries

And when it all went wrong,
And when it all went wrong,
It helped you write this song,
I know, I know
Cause I was there

Time fly’s by under the willow tree where I lay in my front yard
Fishing polls and a BMX where I roam but not too far
In the bayou next to Paul Morgan's house where I fished for hours that day
It was late in the summer after eight grade year when I wanted to run away

I know you thought about what your life would be like in high school
I know you wished that you grabbed for your stepdad when he asked,
the right tool

And when it all went wrong,
And when it all went wrong,
It helped you write this song,
I know, I know
Cause I was there

I know you tried to defend your mother from when your father
when he came after her then came at me
when I said, "you better not hurt her"
I know the fear that your felt when you looked in his eyes in that moment
But it was only his pain that got in the way cause he was broken

And when it all went wrong,
And when it all went wrong,
It helped you write this song,
I know, I know, son
Cause I was there
yeah I was there
I was there
I was there

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from Summer Glow, released October 1, 2023

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