[Verse 1]
Brown liquor in black coffee
Puts my headache off for now
The hurt last night put on me
Still spinning me around
And now that I've a smoke, even though
I can hardly breathe
The first thing I reach for
Is the last thing I need
[Verse 2]
Another night of bad decisions
There's one still laying in my bed
The bastard in me wishes
That he'd've woke up first and left
And you'd think a girl on fire
Would stay away from gasoline
The first thing I reach for
Is the last thing I need
[Chorus]
Oh, the last thing I need
Is to need you like I do
And the first thing I reach for
Is anything but you
If I can keep away the lonely for a moment
Well, that's good enough for me
The first thing I reach for
Is the last thing I need
[Outro]
If I can keep away the lonely for a moment
Well, that's good enough for me
The first thing I reach for
Is the last thing I need
The first thing I reach for
Is the last thing I need
First Thing I Reach For was written by Randall Clay & Ashley McBryde.
First Thing I Reach For was produced by Jay Joyce.
Ashley McBryde released First Thing I Reach For on Thu Feb 20 2020.
I wrote that with Randall [Clay] and Mick [Holland] in the morning. Randall came outside and poured whiskey in our coffee, and we all lit a cigarette. And we wrote it as a sad song. I get to the studio and I’m like, ‘In my world, which is fingerpicking, midtempo songs, what if we played this one lik...