"Not There Yet" lyrics

"Not There Yet"

Back when it was all a game
If I got in a hand, I wasn't folding
But just showing up is not the same
As having what it takes to make a stand
For you, it only took one look
To know just how little I was holding

You said enough and called my bluff
And you made me show my hand

And someday, I will try again
And someday, I won't just play, I'll play to win
I'll let my heart step up to lay down another bet
But I'm not there yet

At the time, I used to find
At least a thousand different reasons
To justify all the tries that I tried to keep you here somehow

And I could swear it's been a hundred years
But in truth, it hasn't even been four seasons
And not one thing about that makes any sense to me now

And someday, I'm gonna be alright
And someday, I'll get through the night
And look back on our love without regret
But I'm not there yet

And someday, this lonely's gonna leave me
And someday, my heart will believe me
When I say I can forgive and forget

And someday, that this will all get better
And someday, I'm gonna pull myself together
With whatever pieces I've got left
But I'm not there yet

No, I'm not there yet


Writer(s): Catie Offerman, Joe Clemmons, Hayes Carll
album: "We're Only Human" (2025)
Hayes Carll - We're Only Human album cover
If We Don't Try
(Deluxe Edition Bonus Track)
Blues Be Gone
(Deluxe Edition Bonus Track)
Not There Yet
(Deluxe Edition Bonus Track)
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