When I'm With You - Ben Rector

When I'm with you When I'm with you When I'm with you you you you When I'm with you What good's a memory Without you there with me The morning sun ain't the same Without you here You are the summer breeze The wind blowing through the trees You make the loneliness all just disappear Nothing replaces your touch Never stop believing in us They try to break us But we stand strong in love They'll be no distance too far I gotta be where you are (right where you are, yeah) I don't wanna face this world alone Without you by my side You're the only one That makes it feel like home And I need you in my life When you're not around I'm feeling Like a piece of me is missing When it feels like the day is closing in (closing in) Somehow I find the faith to make it through When I'm with you When I'm with you When I'm with you you you you When I'm with you What's good a photograph If you're not in the other half Why even dream If I'm not dreaming of you You make me a better man Promise I'll do all I can Your love keeps me bringing me closer to the truth Nothing replaces your touch Never stop believing in us They try to break us But we stand strong in love They'll be no distance too far I gotta be where you are (right where you are) I don't wanna face this world alone Without you by my side You're the only one That makes it feel like home (feel like home) And I need you in my life When you're not around I'm feeling Like a piece of me is missing When it feels like the day is closing in (losing in) Somehow I find the faith To make it through (yeah, yeah) When I'm with you When I'm with you When I'm with you you you you you (yeah) When I'm with you When I'm with you When I'm with you (Baby) When I'm with you you you you Hey I questioned whether time or fate Would ever show me a sign The moment I saw you That's when I knew I feel it when I'm with you I don't wanna face this world alone Without you by my side You're the only one That makes it feel like home And I need you in my life When you're not around I'm feeling Like a piece of me is missing When it feels like the day is closing in (closing in) Somehow I find the faith to make it through When I'm with you When I'm with you When I'm with you you you you you When I'm with you When I'm with you When I'm with you you you you you When I'm with you

Yeah, listen Don't have to try too hard, don't have to act I can just be myself, take off the mask You make me forget I'm a lonely man Basically, I'm sayin' I like who I am— When I'm with you, yeah When I'm with you, yeah You feel like a sunset summer breeze Don't have to take a shot for me to breathe You make me forget I'm an anxious man Basically, I'm sayin' I like who I am— When I'm with you, yeah When I'm with you, yeah I feel calm, I don't get riled up They can't get to me when I'm with us You make me forget I'm an angry man Basically, I'm sayin' I like who I am— When I'm with you (Ooh, ooh), yeah When I'm with you (Ooh, ooh), yeah When I'm with you Alright, that's it

Saw you walk into the room Thought I'd try to talk to you Babe am I ever glad you wanted me to It's been two years to the day Half the time I've been away I know I'm not there enough but that's gonna change Cause I'm coming back To show you that I'm keeping the promise I made When I'm with you I'll make every second count Cause I miss you Whenever you're not around When I kiss you I'll still get butterflies years from now I'll make every second count when I'm with you Yeah we've had our ups and down But we've always worked them out Babe am I ever glad we've got this far now Still I'm lying here tonight Wishing I was by your side Cause when I'm not there enough Nothing feels right So I'm coming back to show you that I'll love you the rest of my life When I'm with you I'll make every second count Cause I miss you When ever you're not around When I kiss you I'll still get butterflies years from now I'll make every second count When I'm with you Whatever it takes I'm not gonna break the promise I made When I'm with you I'll make every second count Cause I miss you When I'm with you I'll make every second count Cause I miss you Whenever you're not around When I kiss you I'll still get butterflies years from now I'll make every second count (Make every second count) When I'm with you When I'm with you When I'm with you When I'm with you Yeah

Falling so deep in I cannot see them All of these thoughts in my head Got you running a rink Baby how do I freeze em' Yea I wait all day for your call Broken clocks hung on my wall Loving you slow Loving you so Nothing compares Loving you slow Loving you so Nothing compares To when I'm with you (With you) And when I'm with you (But nothing compares) And when I'm with you (With you, yea) When I'm With You (But nothing compares) Falling so deep in You take my defence You look at all of my flaws and say I stay the same you don't go stray I wait all day for your call Broken clocks stay on my wall Loving you slow Loving you so Nothing compares Loving you slow Loving you so Nothing compares To when I'm with you (With you) And when I'm with you (But nothing compares) And when I'm with you (With you, yea) When I'm With You When I'm With You (Oo) When I'm With You (Ooo) When I'm With You (With you) And when I'm with you, you (You) Loving you slow Loving you so Nothing compares (Nothing compares, nothing compares, nothing) Loving you slow Loving you so Nothing compares To when I'm with you (With you) And when I'm with you And when I'm with you When I'm with you (With you) When I'm with you When I'm with you

Are you okay if I just sing this song real quick? Yeah, wait, loud I sing generally pretty loud Sing loud again Okay, here we go Lately I've been going through changes I've been doing a little light rearranging Blew up my whole life, I'm not complaining Just thought I'd start with some honesty I used to only be concerned with my career getting bigger I started zoomin' out and seeing big pictures I started focusin' on my father figure And I see things a little differently 'Cause I got a daughter now The most perfect tiny human I got a daughter now No idea what I'm doing But the way that she smiles and the way that she laughs Gives me some kind of peace like I never had I guess I see what all the fuss is about 'Cause I got a daughter I got a daughter now If I'm honest, I love it I wear dumb clothes now, and I'm like what of it There are innumerable things that I'm no longer above That's more than fine with me, yeah If that jar is stuck hand it here, I can handle it If that knee's scraped, baby, I can examine it Judge me 'til you walk a mile in my socks and my sandals, kid 'Cause I got a daughter now And she is everything to me I got a daughter now And suddenly I cry at movies And the way that she smiles and the way that she laughs Gives me some kind of peace like I never had Guess I see what all the big whoop is about 'Cause I got a daughter I got a daughter now Yeah, I got a daughter now Like I said, I started making some changes I said no to some radio stations I made some time for some family vacations 'Cause that's who I wanna be 'Cause my biggest fan doesn't care if I'm famous Even though the people know what my name is Yeah, like I said, I started making some changes To be who I wanna be 'Cause I got a daughter now And she is everything to me I got a daughter now And no idea what I'm doing But the way that she smiles and the way that she laughs Gives me some kind of peace like I never have had I guess I see a bit different than now, oh yeah I guess I understand what all the fuss is about 'Cause I got a daughter I got a daughter now I got a daughter now

Some stupid picture, some vacation, someone I don't know And ten expert opinions on some stranger's post And then I know Much to my surprise From a face I haven't seen in a long, long time To say you're fine Over a couple pages Between the lines You were really saying Sometimes I just wonder what it would've been like If you were with me Don't worry your mind I'm not crying at night I just think of you sometimes Sometimes, yeah He's walking his dog out on Venice beach Said he came to Los Angeles to chase some dream "In '95," he said, "I left my girls behind And the time of second chances, it's been gone for a long time" I called a phone I rambled on again but After the tone What I really meant was Sometimes I just wonder what it would've been like If you were with me Don't worry your mind I'm not crying at night I just think of you sometimes Oh We say goodbye As if we're going places And you can try But you can't keep your heart from saying Sometimes I just wonder what it would've been like If you were with me Don't worry your mind I'm not crying at night I just think of you I still think of you I just think of you sometimes

I feel just like a sailboat Don't know where I'm headed But you can't make the wind blow From a sailboat I've seen the sun Felt the rain on my skin I've been lost and found But mostly I've been waiting Oh, I'm out in the waves And I'm hoping and praying Please let this wind blow me home Night after night There's an empty horizon My God, do I feel so alone But sometimes life And most times I feel just like a sailboat And I'm pretty sure I'm heard At least I know I'm speaking But I feel like a fool Cause I can't hear you listening But I'm not giving up, Oh, I'm gonna move on forward I'm gonna raise my sail God knows what I'm headed towards Oh I'm out in the waves And I'm hoping and praying Please let this wind blow me home And night after night There's an empty horizon My god do I feel so alone Sometimes life And most times I feel just like a sailboat Only change I see Lost or found at sea The only difference Is believing I'll make it in Oh I'm out in the waves And I'm hoping and praying Please let this wind blow me home And night after night There's an empty horizon My god do I feel so alone Sometimes life And most times I feel just like a sailboat

I miss when I had superpowers My imagination was my friend, and it ran wild and free I'd waste a couple hours Without a worry in the world staring at stars out on my trampoline, yeah I miss when Andy McAuthur was the fastest kid there was And kid there was ever gonna be Ken Griffey Jr. was a giant, before parents got divorced And I learned that there was gravity I miss my old heroes I had to give them all away I miss my old heroes, yeah, yeah God, I wish they could've stayed 'Cause it turns out that the hardest part of growing up's not getting old It's learning how the real world goes I miss my old I miss my old I miss my Bible study leader Had all the answers for livin' in the big bad world Don't know if he still talks to Jesus But his wife's remarried now, and I think he sells garage doors I miss when I thought chasing dreams was Holy magic behind curtains in a sacred place 'Fore it was managers and lawyers Who colored up and cashed them out For vacation homes in coastal states I miss my old heroes I had to give them all away I miss my old heroes, yeah, yeah God, I wish they could've stayed 'Cause it turns out that the hardest part of growing up's not getting old It's learning how the real world goes I miss my old I miss my old I miss my old heroes I miss my old heroes I miss back when the world was small, and we had all the answers I miss how it was when we were young I miss back before I understood all the ways that life would break your heart Before I knew that's what they called growing up I miss my old heroes I had to give them all away I miss my old heroes, yeah, yeah God, I wish they could've stayed 'Cause it turns out that the hardest part of growing up's not just getting old It's learning how the real world goes I miss my old I miss my old I miss my old heroes I miss my old heroes

So I knew a girl once She was the one I adored So I fell in love once With the girl that I mentioned before And I'm giving up slowly Giving up slowly Giving slowly love And so I'm giving up slowly Giving up slowly Learning how to love someone So look what you did to me Look what you did to me Look what you did to me autumn I'm a leaf that's gone falling free Beneath all the maple trees In front of your house to the bottom So I watched the leaves fall All of the way to the ground And I knew that that was what love was To die so that it could be found And they're giving up slowly Giving up slowly Giving slowly now And so they're giving up slowly Giving up slowly Learning how to love someone They say look what you did to me Look what you did to me Look what you did to me autumn I'm a leaf that's gone falling free Beneath oh the maple trees In front of this house to the bottom Winter's chill won't leave until I let it lay me down And you can't see the spring Til you're like the leaves Here on the autumn ground And so I'm giving up slowly Giving up slowly Giving up slowly love And so I'm giving up So look what you did to me Look what you did to me Look what you did to me autumn I'm a leaf that's gone falling free Beneath oh the maple trees In front of your house to the bottom Yeah winter's gone Spring has come Love is here can't you see Like the autumn leaves Bring me to the spring Show me how to love someone