DAVID LEE MURPHY - BREAKFAST IN BIRMINGHAM

BREAKFAST IN BIRMINGHAM

DAVID LEE MURPHY

SONGWRITERS: DAVID LEE MURPHY & KIM TRIBBLE

COUNTRY: U. S. A.

ALBUM: GETTIN’ OUT THE GOOD STUFF

LABEL: MCA NASHVILLE

GENRE: COUNTRY MUSIC

YEAR: 1996

 

          David Lee Murphy (born January 7, 1959) is an American country music singer and songwriter. He is best known for his #1 country hits "Dust on the Bottle" and "Everything's Gonna Be Alright", as well as the hit songs "Party Crowd", "Out with a Bang", "Every Time I Get Around You", "The Road You Leave Behind", and "Loco". He has released five solo studio albums: Out with a Bang (1994), Gettin' Out the Good Stuff (1996), We Can't All Be Angels (1997), Tryin' to Get There (2004), and No Zip Code (2018). His songs "Just Once" and "We Can't All Be Angels" appeared on the soundtracks of the films 8 Seconds (1994) and Black Dog (1998), respectively.

           Murphy took a hiatus from recording in 2004, and has co-written several singles for other artists, including the hits "Living in Fast Forward" for Kenny Chesney, "Anywhere With You" for Jake Owen, "Big Green Tractor" for Jason Aldean, and "Are You Gonna Kiss Me or Not" for Thompson Square. On April 6, 2018, Murphy and Kenny Chesney released a studio album together, No Zip Code, which features their hit song "Everything's Gonna Be Alright".

            Gettin' Out the Good Stuff is the second album released by American country music artist David Lee Murphy. The tracks "Every Time I Get Around You" and "The Road You Leave Behind" were both Top 5 hits on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks charts in 1996. "Genuine Rednecks" and "Breakfast in Birmingham" were released as well, although neither reached Top 40 on the country charts.

She was still on my mind when I crossed the state line

Walked out a little too fast

I said some things that I didn't mean

And I should have taken 'em back

And I knew when I said 'em that voice in my head whispered

Man when are you gonna learn

You told her goodbye you left with your pride

But you're gonna eat those words

 

And now I'm havin' breakfast in Birmingham

Tryin' to swallow my pride

I got a plate full of memories

And not much appetite

There ain't nothin' like a cold cup of coffee and a stale apology

I'm having breakfast in Birmingham

She's in Tennessee

 

It's a thunderin' sound silver droppin' down

In an ol' pay phone

When you're makin' that call to say you were wrong

And it's ringin' like nobody's home

She's not the kind who'll cry and remind me

That I left and broke her heart

I'm prayin' she answer 'cause I gotta tell her

This time I went too far

 

And now I'm havin' breakfast in Birmingham

Tryin' to swallow my pride

I got a plate full of memories

And not much appetite

There ain't nothin' like a cold cup of coffee and a stale apology

I'm having breakfast in Birmingham

She's in Tennessee.