"Overnight Success" lyrics
How do you write a song
Where did you find your voice you ask
How are you standing strong
Where did you find a love that lasts
You can't start a book in the middle of the story, no
You can't have a destiny without the journey, no
I wish you could but no it ain't quite as pretty it looks
You didn't see the doors that slammed
You saw me on my second chance
You didn't see the battles I lost and the demons I fought with my own bare hands
You didn't see the tears I cried
You only saw me in the light
You didn't see me scared to death you thought my success was overnight
And I guess you're right
It was over night after night after night after night
I'm standing on a stage
I had to pay for this applause
I've turned another page
But it didn't come without a cost
I turned to my pain to art and I brushed it on a canvas
Oh...
It ain't no Van Gogh, but it's got a touch a magic
Oh...
It took some years, some hard learned lessons
Oh let me make it clear
(Let me make it crystal clear)
You didn't see the doors that slammed
You saw me on my second chance
You didn't see the battles I lost and the demons I fought with my own bare hands
You didn't see the tears I cried
You only saw me in the light
You didn't see me scared to death you thought my success was overnight
And I guess you're right
It was over night after night after night after night after night
Night after night after night after night
I'm begging on my knees saying God please
Night after night after night after night
Those angels were surrounding surrounding me
Night after night after night after night
I wrestled in the dark with the old me
Night after night after night after night
You didn't see the doors that slammed
You saw me on my second chance
You didn't see the battles I lost and the demons I fought with my own bare hands
You didn't see the tears I cried
You only saw me in the light
You didn't see me scared to death you thought my success was overnight
And I guess you're right
It was over night after night after night after night after night
It was over night after night after night after night after night
Where did you find your voice you ask
How are you standing strong
Where did you find a love that lasts
You can't start a book in the middle of the story, no
You can't have a destiny without the journey, no
I wish you could but no it ain't quite as pretty it looks
You didn't see the doors that slammed
You saw me on my second chance
You didn't see the battles I lost and the demons I fought with my own bare hands
You didn't see the tears I cried
You only saw me in the light
You didn't see me scared to death you thought my success was overnight
And I guess you're right
It was over night after night after night after night
I'm standing on a stage
I had to pay for this applause
I've turned another page
But it didn't come without a cost
I turned to my pain to art and I brushed it on a canvas
Oh...
It ain't no Van Gogh, but it's got a touch a magic
Oh...
It took some years, some hard learned lessons
Oh let me make it clear
(Let me make it crystal clear)
You didn't see the doors that slammed
You saw me on my second chance
You didn't see the battles I lost and the demons I fought with my own bare hands
You didn't see the tears I cried
You only saw me in the light
You didn't see me scared to death you thought my success was overnight
And I guess you're right
It was over night after night after night after night after night
Night after night after night after night
I'm begging on my knees saying God please
Night after night after night after night
Those angels were surrounding surrounding me
Night after night after night after night
I wrestled in the dark with the old me
Night after night after night after night
You didn't see the doors that slammed
You saw me on my second chance
You didn't see the battles I lost and the demons I fought with my own bare hands
You didn't see the tears I cried
You only saw me in the light
You didn't see me scared to death you thought my success was overnight
And I guess you're right
It was over night after night after night after night after night
It was over night after night after night after night after night
