Wrong Side of Me

This song has interesting origins. I was feeling lazy one day, and I needed to get up and do some cleaning. My daughter, Hannah, was playing with a little karaoke machine that has recording and playback functions. She came over to me and wanted me to sing something into it. Off the top of my head I sang, "I need some motivation, I've got to clean the house a little."

I eventually did get up and clean a little. And then like a week later I was putting toys away and I pushed the playback button on Hannah's karaoke machine and heard myself singing, "I need some motivation, I've got to clean the house a little," again. This time I thought, hey that's kind of catchy.

I sang the line off and on for the next couple weeks and once I changed the words to, "I need some motivation, I've got to move my bones a little," the whole song opened up and I finished writing it. Based on its origin, I didn't let the song take itself too seriously. Which is evident in lines like "God made dirt and dirt don't hurt." I have a lighter side, I swear.

Wrong Side of Me

Verse
I need some motivation,
I've got to move my bones a little.
The shades are all drawn up in the house;
I give the sun a whistle.

No reason to explain all this pain,
I let it fizzle out.
I'm destined to believe that our time
Is never running out.

Chorus
The seasons will change
Wherever you go.
The grass is always greener
Unless it snows.

I'm calling you back,
I'm calling you home.
'Cause I know in my heart you have got
The wrong side of me.

That's not who I wanted you to see.

Verse
The scene is always changing,
The road just goes a roaring by.
Everything that I'm seeing, I see
Through my reflective eye.

The shadows in the corner,
The pictures, and the pillow case
All are symbols of you and it's true
That you are in this place.

Chorus
The memories change,
The heart is a ghost.
The path is always clearer
Along the coast.

I'm calling you back,
I'm calling you home.
'Cause I know in my heart you have got
The wrong side of me.

That's not who I wanted you to see.

Bridge
Love, love, love
Don't throw me under the bus,
'Cause if its God we trust:
God made dirt and dirt don't hurt,
And the first words that you said were,
"Hurry up."