BRAD PAISLEY - THEN

THEN

BRAD PAISLEY

SONGWRITERS: BRAD DOUGLAS PAISLEY; ASHLEY GLENN GORLEY; CHARLES CHRISTOPHER DU BOIS

COUNTRY: U. S. A.

ÁLBUM: AMERICAN SATURDAY NIGHT

LABEL: ARISTA NASHVILLE

GENRE: COUNTRY

YEAR: 2009

 

         Brad Douglas Paisley(born October 28, 1972) is an American country music singer and songwriter. Starting with his 1999 debut álbum Who Needs Pictures, he has released eleven studio albums and a Christmas compilation on the Arista Nashville label, with all of his albums certified Gold or higher by the RIAA. He has scored 32 Top 10 singles on the US Billboard Country Airplay chart, 19 of which have reached number 1. He set a new record in 2009 for the most consecutive singles reaching the top spot on that chart.

            Paisley has sold over 11 million albums and has won three Grammy Awards, 14 Academy of Country Music Awards, 14 Country Music Association Awards, and two American Music Awards. He has also earned country music's crowning achievement, becoming a member of the Grand Ole Opry. Paisley also wrote songs for Pixar's Cars franchise ("Behind the Clouds", "Find Yourself", "Collision of Worlds" (along with Robbie Williams), "Nobody's Fool", etc.).

       "Then" is a song co-written and recorded by American country music artist Brad Paisley. It is his twenty-third entry on the Billboard country charts, debuting at number 26 on the chart week of April 4, 2009. The song is the lead-off single from his seventh studio album, American Saturday Night, which was released via Arista Nashville on June 30, 2009. It is one of Paisley's four songs certified 2× Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America, the others being "She's Everything", "Whiskey Lullaby", and "Remind Me". Paisley wrote this song with Ashley Gorley and Chris DuBois.

I remember, trying not to stare, the night that I first met you

You had me mesmerized

And three weeks later, in the front porch light

Taking forty-five minutes to kiss goodnight

I hadn't told you yet

But I thought I loved you then

 

And now you're my whole life

Now you're my whole world

I just can't believe the way I feel about you, girl

Like a river meets the sea,

Stronger than it's ever been.

We've come so far since that day

And I thought I loved you then

 

And I remember, taking you back to right where I first met you,

You were so surprised

There were people around, but I didn't care

I got down on one knee right there and once again,

I thought I loved you then

 

But now you're my whole life

Now you're my whole world

I just can't believe, the way I feel about you, girl

Like a river meets the sea,

Stronger than it's ever been.

We've come so far since that day

And I thought I loved you then

 

And I can just see you, with a baby on the way

And I can just see you, when your hair is turning gray

What I can't see is how I'm ever gonna love you more

But I've said that before

 

And now you're my whole life

Now you're my whole world

I just can't believe the way I feel about you, girl

We'll look back someday, at this moment that we're in

And I'll look at you and say

And I thought I loved you then

And I thought I loved you then.