Lyrics
[Intro – Acoustic Pickin’ Build, Guitar & Mandolin Trading Licks]
(Spoken over gentle strum:) Hear that call in the holler… You chose me first… Now I’m choosin’ You back.
(Full band kicks in with uptempo drive)
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🔹[Chorus – Harmonic Stack, All Instruments Blazing; Repeat as Hook]
You chose me, and I choose You back
(Harmony: Choose You back!)
You love me, and I love You back
(Harmony: Love You back!)
Even when the road gets rough and steep
Through the valleys where the shadows creep
You chose me, and I choose You back
(Harmony: Choose You back!)
You love me, and I love You back
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🔹[Verse 1 – Fast-Paced Storytelling, Banjo Lead]
Woke up at dawn with the rooster’s crow
Mind’s a-whirlin’ from the night before
Fiddlin’ with worries, chasin’ them ghosts
But Your voice cuts through like a gospel post
Fields need plowin’, debts pilin’ high
Storm clouds gather in a troubled sky
But deep in my soul, Your promise rings true
Pullin’ me home, straight back to You
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🔹[Pre-Chorus – Building Tension, Fiddle Tease]
You don’t turn away when I lose my way
Holdin’ the line through the fray
Even when I’m stumblin’, half in the fight
You’re steady as oak in the dead of night
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🔹[Chorus – Harmonic Stack with Added Vocal Flourish; Mandolin Chop Underneath]
You chose me, and I choose You back
(Harmony: Choose You back!)
You love me, and I love You back
(Harmony: Love You back!)
Even when the fire’s burnin’ low
In the whirlwind where the wild winds blow
You chose me, and I choose You back
(Harmony: Choose You back!)
You love me, and I love You back
(Instrumental Break: Guitar solo tears it up, then mandolin answers, banjo rolls in for a quick jam circle)
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🔹[Verse 2 – Rhythmic Drive, Fiddle Harmony Lines]
Coffee’s gone cold by the woodstove light
Prayers feel faint in the dead of night
Saw that temptation dancin’ in town
Devil’s whisper tryin’ to pull me down
But You call me kin, no shame in Your eyes
Arms wide open ‘neath these mountain skies
Every mornin’ You lift this weary frame
Remindin’ me I’m called by Your name
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🔹[Bridge – Slow Breakdown to Build, Spoken Word into Harmonic Swell; Bass Walks Up]
(Spoken over sparse pickin’:) I forget the path, but You light the trail
I drift like leaves in the autumn gale
I fear the thunder, but You calm the storm
I fall to pieces, but You keep me warm
You chose me—not once—but day after day
And every sunrise, I rise up to say…
(Harmonic Build: Full band swells)
Yes, Lord! (Harmony: Yes, Lord!)
I choose You back! (Harmony: Choose You back!)
(Instrumental Breakdown: Full barn-burner jam—fiddle leads a frenzy, banjo and guitar trade lightning licks, building to a fever pitch)
