06.27.07 She Don’t Know It Yet Is Finished

Here’s the final version of my first ever country song ”She Don’t Know It Yet” written by Brian White, Don Poythress and me.  Don’s the one singing on the work tape.  And the work tape is nicer than usual because I used my new Zoom H4 recorder. (Thanks for the buying advice, Carlos.)

I’m not very good at collaboration, but this time it was worth making myself do the uncomfortable.  We write again in a couple weeks.

She Don’t Know it Yet
White / Poythress / Groves

Miracle in flip flops
In the frontyard spinin like atop
Two years old and not a care
With golden hair

Wonder in her big brown eyes
Purple snowcone smile
She stands on daddies feet to dance
Around her room
She’ll grow up so soon

And she don’t know it yet
Ponytails don’t last
And the days of hide and seek
And Barbie dolls will pass
She don’t know it yet
That tiny heart in her
Is gonna learn to love
Gonna learn to hurt
Daisy chains and swings ain’t all you get
She don’t know it yet

Feels thin and too tall
Braces don’t help at all
Seventeen and insecure
It’s a scary world

Homecoming and no one asked
How’s she gonna live down that
She’s caught somewhere in between
The girl she was
And all she’ll be

She don’t know it yet
Prom night pictures fade
Like yearbook memories
She’ll quickly turn the page
She don’t know it yet
That fragile heart in her
Is gonna learn to love
Is gonna learn to hurt
Lonely nights and tears ain’t all you get
she don’t know it yet

But there’s a boy with a ring
And he’s nervous as can be
He’s gonna take her hand
Get down on one knee

She don’t know it yet
But the loneliness will leave
Love will take it’s place
Her heart will take wings
She don’t know it yet
But all her yesterdays
Dances, tears and dreams
Have led her to this place
She’ll look back without regret
But she don’t know it yet