Love was a game, I played dealer's choice
In the back of a bar all summer
Forgetting names like background noise
In relationships I wanted none of
Went off the rails by fall
Lord knows I needed savin'
Wore off the alcohol
And you were there like an angel waiting

I didn't know you'd have brown eyes
Like to pray to Jesus
Spending Friday nights at home
Didn't know you'd be the strong kind
Deeper than a coal mine
Lovin' with a heart of gold
And you're everything that I'm not
Everything that I want
There's a God and, baby, you're proof
In those brown eyes
I know that I've gotta find a better me for you

Made a living dipping toes in the water
Feelin' low with my walls up high
I was staying far away from the deep end
Girl like you made a boy like me try
Went off the rails that fall
Lord knows I needed savin'
Made me forget them all

I didn't know you'd have brown eyes
Like to pray to Jesus
Spending Friday nights at home
Didn't know you'd be the strong kind
Deeper than a coal mine
Lovin' with a heart of gold
And you're everything that I'm not
Everything that I want
There's a God and, baby, you're proof
In those brown eyes
I know that I've gotta find a better me for you
Oh, a better me for you, oh

Don't worry 'bout the miles that it takes
We can make every one of them worth all the drivin'
I'll sing your praises every way
Like the hymnals all say
I could love you 'til the end of time and

I never knew you'd have brown eyes
Like to pray to Jesus
Spending Friday nights at home
Never knew you'd be the strong kind
Deeper than a coal mine
Lovin' with a heart of gold
And you're everything that I'm not
Everything that I want
There's a God and, baby, you're proof
In those brown eyes
I know that I've gotta find a better me for you

Yeah, a better me for you, oh
A better me for you
A better me for you