Ain't No Maybe, Baby

V8
04:28
2026-03-17 13:05
4
blues, deep, guitar, slow to mid tempo, male
1
[Intro]
[Verse 1]
Sun go down like a tired old man
Bleedin’ gold into the river bend
Dock boards creak where I’m standin’ still
Watchin’ that water roll against my will
Air so thick you can almost taste
Sugar and smoke just driftin’ in place
Somewhere close, but I can’t see
Sweet fried dreams and memory
[Verse 2]
You sittin’ there with your head turned low
Drawin’ lines in the wood real slow
Got one foot in, one foot gone
Like your heart can’t tell right from wrong
Trumpet cry from a block away
Sounds like somethin’ I can’t say
Night roll in, sky turn blue
All I know… I’m stuck on you
[Chorus]
There ain’t no maybe, baby
Ain’t no halfway in my soul
I done lived without you, darlin’
That’s how I know
There ain’t no maybe, baby
Ain’t no doubt in what I feel
You can run from love if you want to
But you can’t outrun what’s real
[Verse 3]
Boat horn call from the dark somewhere
Lonely sound hangin’ in the air
You finally look but your eyes ain’t free
Like you see the truth but don’t trust me
You say, “I hear every word you say…
I just don’t know if I feel that way”
And it cuts clean through this southern night
‘Cause your wrong ain’t wrong… and your right ain’t right
[Verse 4]
I turn slow, put my hand on the rail
Wood worn down like a tired tale
Ain’t no game, ain’t no pretend
I ain’t guessin’ how this gon’ end
I say, “Girl, I ain’t half in love
Ain’t no question I’m thinkin’ of
I done walked this world alone
And I know what it ain’t… and I know what it’s known”
[Chorus]
There ain’t no maybe, baby
Ain’t no halfway in my soul
I done lived without you, darlin’
That’s how I know
There ain’t no maybe, baby
But I see it in your eyes
You been burned by a fire before
Now you scared of the light
[Bridge]
River keep rollin’, don’t ask why
Moon come up, sun still die
Truth don’t change ‘cause you afraid
Love don’t wait for the plans we made
You step away but you don’t leave
Standin’ right there in between
What you want and what you fear
I’m all in… you still not here
[Final Chorus
There ain’t no maybe, baby…
But maybe’s where you stand
I’m reachin’ out with open arms
You holdin’ back your hands
There ain’t no maybe, baby…
But I can feel it now
Love don’t always come together
Just ‘cause we know howDock still creakin’… river still rolls…
Trumpet cryin’ low…
“There ain’t no maybe… baby…”
But you don’t move…
And I don’t go…