The Wrights - Down This Road - Cut by Cut

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1. ?Down This Road? - Shannon Wright
I wrote this song before Adam and I got married, when I was in Atlanta. It?s about being burned -being burned so many times that it doesn?t hurt anymore. It?s a pretty rockin? song, but still a sad song. It?s a ?You?ve been through it before, one more time won?t hurt? kind of thing.

2. ?Hard Time? - Adam Wright
(Adam) I wrote it from the point of view of a parent to an unruly child, a kid gone wild.

But Shannon?s heard it a million times and she never got that from it, so I guess it?s not that obvious!
( Shannon) Well, I just thought you could relate it to anybody; anybody that?s kind of gone down the wrong path.
(Adam) It's a ?You?re just making things hard on yourself? song.

3. ?Knew All Along? - Adam & Shannon Wright
( Shannon) Adam started this song. It?s about losing somebody you love and trying to make sense out of it. I got to help Adam finish it, and, shortly after we wrote it we lost two people who were really close to us. So this song took on a special meaning.
(Adam) Yeah, it got really heavy. This song came to light after we wrote it.

4. ?On The Rocks? - Adam Wright
Shannon had this kind of joking thing?well, I thought she was joking anyway!?where she?d say ?We?re on the rocks. We just got married and we?re already on the rocks.? It was pretty funny and I thought it?d make a cool title for a song. So one morning she was mad, saying that again, and I just threw it together for her.

Made her laugh. 5. ?Hole In My Pocket? - Adam Wright
It?s a work song. I?ve had enough of those dead-end, crappy jobs to know what it?s like to be working too hard for not enough money. I was still in Atlanta doing electrical work when I wrote this one.

6. ?Butterflies? - Shannon & Adam Wright
( Shannon) It?s about holding out for true love. I did it from a girl?s point of view: letting go of somebody who she knew wasn?t the one; it?s about holding out for magic. It?s hopeful.
(Adam) We co-wrote this one. Shannon had the chorus and I stormed in the house and said ?What is that? Let?s do some verses, work on it.?

7. ?You?re In Georgia Now? - Adam Wright
We were still living in Atlanta when I wrote it. It was right before we moved, and, well, we?re just nuts about Georgia. I mean, I love Tennessee, but I?d never lived anywhere else. There are so many great things about Georgia, and probably too many great songs about it. But I just wanted to try and write one. It just had the right feel: slow and easy and smooth.

8. ?Roller Coaster? - Shannon & Adam Wright
( Shannon) [Laughs] It's a song about love; about the ups and downs of love, I guess.
(Adam) This was Shannon?s tune originally.
( Shannon). Yeah, originally I sang it. But we thought it?d be more fun as a duet, if Adam came in and took the second verse.

9. ?Do You Love Me? - Adam Wright
The sentiment is kind of simple: you?re wondering if you?re doing everything that you need to do to make a person happy. And, it?s just got a little groove to it.

10. ?Leave A Light On? (Special Guest Vocals by Alan Jackson) - Adam Wright
I wrote it as a sort of gospel or spiritual thing, with that message. But it?s not real specific. So I?m not sure if people get it that way or not. I think some people do and some don?t, you know? Alan liked it because it sounded so country. He asked if he could sing on it and we said, ?Well, yeah!? [both laugh] He makes me sound like a chump when he comes in!

11. ?Waiting On Something Good? - Shannon Wright
When I wrote this song I can remember I was feeling a little down and that line just made me feel better. It?s mainly a song about patience. You know, ?Good things come...??

12. ?You Got The Thorns?- Adam Wright
(Adam) The hook just kind of came around at first. It?s like that old Jerry Reed song ?She Got the Gold Mine, I Got the Shaft.? [both laugh] It?s that kind of hook?and I?m a sucker for it. I thought it would be funny saying ?We?re still in love, but I got the better end of the deal than you did.?
( Shannon) I wanted to sing that part so bad, you know, it was also my way into the song. But now that I did I look like a snot! [laughs]
(Adam) Yeah, I wrote it and I?d sing the whole thing...now people sometimes come up to her after the shows and say ?You know it?s really ugly what you?re saying about him!? [laughs]
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