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The Man I Left Behind (feat. Heath Sanders)

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Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS

CreatiVets

Performer

Heath Sanders

Vocals

Jeff Coplan

Background Vocals

Jesse Isley

Acoustic Guitar

Michael Payne

Electric Guitar

Mike Rojas

Piano

Nick Buda

Drums

COMPOSITION & LYRICS

Heath Sanders

Composer

Chris Bickel

Composer

Richard Casper

Composer

Jeremy Bussey

Composer

Tyler Farr

Composer

PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING

Jeff Coplan

Producer

Jaime Tate

Recording Engineer

Dusty Cantrell

Assistant Recording Engineer

Jim DeMain

Mastering Engineer

Lyrics

[Verse 1]

Gotta tip my hat to that teenage mustang cowboy

Grew up on that Oklahoma clay

Raised on Chris Ledoux

Backroads and muddy boots

An old church pew and a mama's "Amazing Grace"

[Chorus]

Sometimes, I miss him

Sometimes, I'm glad he's gone

I turned out different

But I know I'm better off

So here's to leavin', here's to learnin'

And to a bridge that's worth burnin'

So tonight, I'm gonna raise one high

To who I am and the man I left behind

[Instrumental]

I learned the price of freedom on that one-way

To a different kind of middle-of-nowhere

Where mistakes can be made

But some men can't be saved

And that's why I had to leave one over there

[Chorus]

Sometimes, I miss him

Sometimes, I'm glad he's gone

I turned out different

But I know I'm better off

So here's to leavin', here's to learnin'

And to a bridge that's worth burnin'

So tonight, I'm gonna raise one high

To who I am and the man I left behind

The man I left behind

[Instrumental]

Now I got my boys and a pretty wife

Breath in my lungs and a damn good life

And I wouldn't even recognize

The man I used to be

[Instrumental]

Sometimes, I miss him

Sometimes, I'm glad he's gone

I turned out different

But I know I'm better off

So here's to leavin', here's to learnin'

And to a bridge that's worth burnin'

So tonight, I'm gonna raise one high

Yeah, tonight, I'm gonna raise one high

To who I am and the man I left behind

The man I left behind

Written by: Chris Bickel, Heath Sanders, Jeremy Bussey, Richard Casper, Tyler Farr

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