Emily Thornburg– Raised Rowdy Contributor
Can we all just agree that Never Will reminds us just how badass Ashley McBryde is?? Her second studio album is a raw and stripped-down version of Ashley’s story that gives no apologies. The no-nonsense lyrics pack a punch that many can relate to. We’ve rounded up some of the best lyrics from all eleven tracks of Never Will so rest assured all of your Instagram lyric captions are right here waiting for you to show honesty and general bad-assery.
1.) Hang In There Girl
(Ashley McBryde, Jeremy Bussey)
“Tangled up in the small town weeds. Dreamin’ of the day you leave”
2.) One Night Standards
(McBryde, Shane McAnally, Nicolette Hayford)
“Lonely makes a heart ruthless.”
3.) Shut Up Sheila
(Hayford, Charles Chisholm)
“We drink and we get high. We laugh at the wrong time.”
4.) First Thing I Reach For
(McBryde, Randall Clay, Mick Holland)
“And you’d think a girl on fire would stay away from gasoline.”
5.)Voodoo Doll
(McBryde, Hayford, Brandy Clark, Connie Harrington, Jake Mitchell, Aaron Raitiere)
“You know how this town talks and I don’t hear a thing.”
6.)Sparrow
(McBryde, Hayford, Clark, Harrington, Mitchell, Raitiere)
“Yeah, I’ve been sleeping alright. I get a couple of days in July.”
7.) Martha Divine
(McBryde, Jeremy Spillman)
“And it ain’t murder if I bury you alive.”
8.) Velvet Red
(McBryde, Patrick Savage, Daniel Smalley)
“Don’t you know their love grew, like the wildflowers do?”
9.) Stone
(McBryde Hayford)
“If I had one for every time you let me down I’d build a wall.”
10.) Never Will
(McBryde, Chris Harris, Blue Foley, Matt Helmkamp, Christian Sancho, Victor Quinn Hill)
“You’ve gone as far as you’ll ever go. Unless you’re willin’ to sell out, girl.”
11.) Styrofoam
(Clay)
“I’m no scientist, all I know is this beer I’m drinkin’ is so cold.”
