Song Fact Friday “Seven Days”

I’ve Lived Those Seven Days A Thousand Times…

• Though penned by different writers (Lee Brice/Billy Montana/Jon Stone), Chesney sees this song as a sequel to his 2005 #1 country hit “Anything But Mine.” He explained to Billboard magazine: “To me, when I heard that song it was like ‘Anything But Mine,’ chapter two. It was like the next phase of that guy’s life. I know I have that person in my life, and I think everybody’s got that person in their life, that they were with a short time and had no idea the impact that short time would have on them. No matter how you live, no matter where you go in your life, no matter who you’re with later on, those seven days or that little time frame that you’re with them made more of an impact than you even knew at the time. I think that’s very powerful and that’s what this song’s about.”
• Chesney told NPR about this confessional track. “I think everybody in his life has that one person that they can’t mentally get rid of,” he said. “Maybe we’re with someone romantically and emotionally even for a short time. The character of this song, it was seven days of his life, a week. I think we all have those people and the time that we’re with them, we have no idea the impact that they’re going to have on our lives later on. And I have that person. I think that a lot of people do.”

A Saturday downpour carved out rivers in the sand
She said it was her first time to see the sea
Helping her climb across those jetty rocks
Was the first time I touched her hand

The rain and the way that felt never let up all week
By Thursday I knew everything about her
And God, the last day I didn’t wanna leave without her

The sidewalks, the streets were soaked
The sky was gray but you should’ve seen her face
Shining like that lighthouse through all the rain
And the way she called my name

I’ve lived those seven days a thousand times
Those seven days a thousand

Time was like the tide, it came and went
That old pier ran clear out into the mist
My mind plays back that Tuesday night
Again and again, and again

I taste that saltwater taffy on her lips
And Wednesday morning snuck in through the window
We just laid there and listened to the waves come and go

The sidewalks, the streets were soaked
The sky was gray but you should’ve seen her face
Shining like that lighthouse through all the rain
And the way she called my name

I’ve lived those seven days a thousand times
Those seven days a thousand

Moments with her, now they’re all a blur
Except for every second and every word
Every drop of rain, every single grain of sand

The sidewalks, the streets were soaked
The sky was gray but you should’ve seen her face
Shining like that lighthouse through all the rain
And the way she called my name

I’ve lived those seven days a thousand times
Those seven days a thousand times

Seven days a thousand times
A thousand times
Seven days a thousand times

Writer/s: BILLY MONTANA, JON STONE, LEE BRICE 
Publisher: Warner/Chappell Music, Inc., MIKE CURB MUSIC