Country singer-songwriter Jamey Johnson recently shared a new single, "More Of What Matters," via Warner Nashville.
Produced by The Kent Hardly Playboys, Johnson co-wrote the song in 2007 with Keith Follese and Jon Stone.
"Back then, I wrote that from the perspective of somebody who needed to find more things that matter," Johnson said. "Looking back on a perspective of 20 years down the road, that guy was naive and didn't know the gravity of what he was writing. At this age, it hits home. It's time."
"(The Mavericks') Raul Malo was a dear friend and passed away at 60," he added. "There's a clock ticking on my life too, and I don't know when it will be over. I've got to reset my priorities and do what is important to me, or I will be a life unlived. I don't want to be too busy and distracted on the road to forget the things that really matter."
The lyrics include: "Well, I woke up one morning with everything I own around me / I had a pocket full of money and a cold and empty heart / I spent a lifetime chasing rainbows, watching life go by through windows / And I bet a rich man's fortune on this worthless house and cars / It took me way too long to find that the best things in life are free and the rest ain't worth a dime / I need more of what matters every moment that I have it / 'Cause it's all that you take with you when you go / If spinning wheels and climbing ladders is all there is, well then I'd rather / Go to heaven empty handed, knowing that I got it right / I need more of what matters, more of what really matters in my life."
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