When I was drinking I always had good intentions. I never meant to hurt anyone... I had a good heart and a bad filter on the way that I viewed life. When your wired crooked like me, sometimes it's a good idea to have some good friends you trust and are wired crooked like you.
I thought it was a good idea to drive drunk. I thought it was a good idea come about 3am to make a run across town and find some cocaine and never thought twice about it. If someone handed me a pill, I wouldn't even ask what it was; I'd just take it and see what it would do because I love surprises. I attended a small group in rehab and my counselor talked about good intentions. It was life changing to hear how badly you can hurt people and still have good intentions. "Officer, I didn't meant o hit the mailbox with my car, my intentions were to go home." This is one of the most painful songs I've ever written and almost every word of it is true.
The only part that is not exactly true is the line about missing my baby's birthday. I never missed his birthday. My daddy called me one year - it was April 23rd. He asked me if anything special was going on today. I told him, "No. Nothing special today, Dad." He played it cool, but I knew that he had forgotten that my birthday is on May 23rd... I guess he had good intentions too.
Good Intentions
Written by Barry Dean & Travis Meadows
There's a letter on the dresser without a postage stamp
Collecting dust with all that other junk
I've got a list of friends to call, let'em know I give a damn
Among the other thing I still ain't done
But I - I've got good intentions.
There's a wife I need to thank for for letting me leave whenI did
And not tellin' all the secrets she could tell
Give her a thousand bucks to help support my kids
She'll probably smile and tell me "go to Hell"
But I - I've got good intentions.
Im a guilty man excusing my behavior
I crash and burn when I can't find a savior
And saying that I'm sorry ain't gone help this time around
I fall down, too many times to mention
- With good intentions.
There's a baseball in the closet, it's still in the box
I meant to send it off the 23rd
I missed my babies birthday, got drunk and just forgot
His mamma said he never said a word
But I - I've got good intentions.
That vodka in the freezer, I need pour it out
I'm gonna take swallow and and pour it down the drain
Gonna call my buddy Roger, ask for his help again
Before I kill my self or go insane
Me and my - good intentions.
Im a guilty man excusing my behavior
I crash and burn when I can't find a savior
And saying that I'm sorry ain't gone help this time around
I fall down, too many times to mention
- With good intentions.
I've broke a lot of promises, dodged a lot of stones
I swear I can't find one rock low enough for me to throw
Cuz I - I've got good intentions.
I thought it was a good idea to drive drunk. I thought it was a good idea come about 3am to make a run across town and find some cocaine and never thought twice about it. If someone handed me a pill, I wouldn't even ask what it was; I'd just take it and see what it would do because I love surprises. I attended a small group in rehab and my counselor talked about good intentions. It was life changing to hear how badly you can hurt people and still have good intentions. "Officer, I didn't meant o hit the mailbox with my car, my intentions were to go home." This is one of the most painful songs I've ever written and almost every word of it is true.
The only part that is not exactly true is the line about missing my baby's birthday. I never missed his birthday. My daddy called me one year - it was April 23rd. He asked me if anything special was going on today. I told him, "No. Nothing special today, Dad." He played it cool, but I knew that he had forgotten that my birthday is on May 23rd... I guess he had good intentions too.
Good Intentions
Written by Barry Dean & Travis Meadows
There's a letter on the dresser without a postage stamp
Collecting dust with all that other junk
I've got a list of friends to call, let'em know I give a damn
Among the other thing I still ain't done
But I - I've got good intentions.
There's a wife I need to thank for for letting me leave whenI did
And not tellin' all the secrets she could tell
Give her a thousand bucks to help support my kids
She'll probably smile and tell me "go to Hell"
But I - I've got good intentions.
Im a guilty man excusing my behavior
I crash and burn when I can't find a savior
And saying that I'm sorry ain't gone help this time around
I fall down, too many times to mention
- With good intentions.
There's a baseball in the closet, it's still in the box
I meant to send it off the 23rd
I missed my babies birthday, got drunk and just forgot
His mamma said he never said a word
But I - I've got good intentions.
That vodka in the freezer, I need pour it out
I'm gonna take swallow and and pour it down the drain
Gonna call my buddy Roger, ask for his help again
Before I kill my self or go insane
Me and my - good intentions.
Im a guilty man excusing my behavior
I crash and burn when I can't find a savior
And saying that I'm sorry ain't gone help this time around
I fall down, too many times to mention
- With good intentions.
I've broke a lot of promises, dodged a lot of stones
I swear I can't find one rock low enough for me to throw
Cuz I - I've got good intentions.