Luke Combs does to me
«Does to Me» is a song recorded by American country singers Luke Combs and Eric Church. Written by Combs alongside Ray Fulcher and Tyler Reeve, this is the third single from Combs’ 2019 album What You See Is What You Get.
Rolling Stone Country writer Joseph Hudak described the song as “Opening with a clean slide guitar, the mid-tempo ballad recalls the walls of Bruce Springsteen’s sonic style and progression, and Combs declares his blue collar bona fides. song lyrics. «Billy Dukes of Taste of Country wrote that» while this song isn’t the harshest lyrics, it … hits the heart as quickly as any of his previous seven # 1 hits … mixing. » Combs wrote the song with Ray Fulcher and Tyler Reeve and decided to include Church as a duo partner because he thought it fit Church’s artistic style along with his own.
LYRICS: DOES TO ME (FEAT. ERIC CHURCH)
I was a third-string dreamer on a second-place team
But I was hell on wheels with a full head of steam
When coach put me in
And I’m still proud of that hit
I was a last resort to go to prom with the queen
Thanks to an ex-boyfriend who broke her heart that week
No, I didn’t get lucky
But I still felt like a king
And that might not mean much to you
But it does to me
So say I’m a middle of the road
Not much to show
Underachieving average Joe
But I’m a hell of a lover
A damn good brother
And I wear this heart on my sleeve
And that might not mean much to you
But it does to me
I was the one phone call when my brother went to jail
Pawned my guitar just to pay his bail
No, I’ll never get it back
But I’m okay with that
I was the first man standing next to my best friend
The day the love of his life said “I do” to him
I was a couple beers deep
But I still remembered that speech
And that might not mean much to you
But it does to me
So say I’m a middle of the road
Not much to show
Underachieving average Joe
But I’m a hell of a lover
A damn good brother
And I wear this heart on my sleeve
And that might not mean much to you
But it does to me
There’s a worn-out blade that my Granddaddy gave me
My Mama’s first Bible, Daddy’s Don Williams vinyl
That first-fish-catching Zebco thirty-three
Well, that might not mean much to you
But it does to me
So say I’m a middle of the road
Not much to show
Underachieving average Joe
But I’m a hell of a lover
A damn good brother
And I wear this heart on my sleeve
And I’m a damn hard working
One thing’s for certain
I stand up for what I believe
That might not mean much to you
But it does to me
Yeah, it does to me
That might not mean much to you
But it does to me
Oh, it does to me
Man, it does to me
In his new album What You See Is What You Get, Luke Combs realizes what three years ago was just a fantasy: he sings with his character Eric Church in the Does to Me collaboration.
The mid-tempo ballad, opening with a clean slide guitar, is reminiscent of Bruce Springsteen’s walls of sound style and progression, while Combs declares his lyrical conscientiousness: “I’m in the middle of the road, not much to show, the underperforming average Joe,” he sings. before Church walks in towards the end of the song to read the verse about «Mom’s Bible» and «Don Williams’ vinyl.»
This is a guest snapshot similar to the one that Church’s character, Merle Haggard, took in Pledge of Allegiance to a Witch, a fan favorite of Church’s 2006 debut film Sinners Like Me.
“I definitely, definitely thought the same thing when I got this idea,” Combs says of the comparison, continuing to detail how the collaboration came about. “I asked [my co-manager Chris] Kappi to contact Eric’s manager and say, ‘Hey, if this is what Eric would like to do, that would be great,’ but I don’t want him to do it, unless he thinks this is what he would like. A couple of months later we had the date recorded and his vocals were the last we got to record. This is amazing «.
Before fame, Combs once bought Eric Church’s signature guitar and told the salesman that he would see him touring with Church again. The two have played festivals together since then, and Combs will open a concert for vocalist Some of It later this month in Atlanta.
Combs says there are some similarities between his fans and Church fans in the subjects they write and sing about. But Combs makes one modest difference.
“I think his material is better than mine, but, you know, this is the fan in me,” he says. “The attention to detail and the thought process and the care put into all the experiences, as well as the music and the show, are all very similar. This is the similarity in caring for the fans. «
