Cody Johnson - Nothin' On You Lyrics

Cody Johnson Lyrics

"Nothin' On You"

Wearing your black dress, red shoes
Makeup, perfume, and diamonds
You always impress, turn heads
The second you walk through the door
You're like a real life work of fine art
Baby, you're priceless
And I just wanna get home, get that black dress down on the floor

'Cause when you got nothin' on
There ain't nothin' wrong
Lovin' you all night long's all I wanna do
I've seen the mountains high
I've sailed the ocean blue
But when you got nothin' on
Ain't nothin' got nothin' on you

You're better than Venice, Vegas, New York, LA, Paris
Baby, you're Vermont in the fall
The Grand Canyon on a full moon
Oh and they can keep those high rise, high priced mansions
I wouldn't trade places
Long as I'm here with you baby
I've got a room with a view

'Cause when you got nothin' on
There ain't nothin' wrong
Lovin' you all night long's all I wanna do
I've seen the mountains high
I've sailed the ocean blue
But when you got nothin' on
Ain't nothin' got nothin' on you

Yeah, 'cause I've seen the mountains high
I've sailed the ocean blue
But when you got nothin' on
Ain't nothin' got nothin' on you
When you got nothin' on, ain't nothin' got nothin' on you
Ain't nothin' got nothin' on you baby

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Writer(s): Trent Willmon, Barrett Baber

Cody Johnson said about this, "When I heard 'Nothing On You', I didn't know that Trent Willmon and Barrett Baber had written it. And Trent being my producer and friend, and mentor. And he didn't tell me. [...] He said, 'I didn't want you to pick it because of me.'"

The singer explained the lyric 'when you got nothin' on', "It kind of feel a bit slutty, it was something that I'd never say before. Some—a subject matter I'd never gotten that close that. And I think it takes a certain degree of maturity to be thirty one and married for ten years.'

The mood of 'Nothin' On You' was described by Cody Johnson as such, "It's the most unique song I've ever had the chance to record. It's very Motown, which is a piece of my musical heritage that I haven't really gotten to touch on—that bluesy, kinda sexy, soulful thing."