Since first revealing that he was working on new music in early 2020, country music superstar Eric Church has slowly peeled back the curtain to reveal his forthcoming Heart & Soul triple album born from a month-long session during which he wrote and recorded a song from start to finish each day in an effort push the limits of creativity. With “Break It Kind Of Guy” as the final instant grat track off the forthcoming project, that unconventional method informed the lyrics of the song itself.
“I was writing with Luke Dick and Casey Beathard – who had never written together before, which was another cool thing about this process,” Church explains. “Luke was talking about how refreshing it was and how creative he felt in that setting, and then he said ‘I’m so surprised you would do it this way because normally people are like ‘if it’s not broke’ – and when he said that, I went ‘you break it.’ We’ve got three songwriters in the room so immediately it turned into ‘if it’s not broke, I’m a break it kind of guy.’ It was a neat thing for the song to be born in that moment.”
With a twangy guitar driven by an uptempo beat and a playful banter between Church and longtime backing vocalist Joanna Cotten during the falsetto chorus, “Break It Kind Of Guy” is signature defiance and rebellion from the star. Check out the lyric video below!
“Break It Kind Of Guy” Official Lyric Video
“Break It Kind Of Guy” is featured on Church’s forthcoming Soul album, set for release Friday, April 23rd following the release of Heart which kicks off the three-part collection on Friday, April 16th. In keeping with his longtime commitment to put fans first, Church created the middle album of the trilogy, &, specifically for the Church Choir and will make it available exclusively to those fans and only as a vinyl record on Tuesday, April 20th.
“Break It Kind Of Guy” Lyrics
I woke up feelin’ dangerous, put some bullets in my gun
Brown liquor in my coffee and I called the boss’s son
I told him to tell his daddy, I’m tired of his routine
I’m a ramblin’ and a gamblin’ man and bettin’ it all on me
Yeah, I tell my eagle where to fly
If it’s not broke, I’m a break it kind of guy
Hold up on rollin’ up, the streets in this town
I got a bucket full of paint left and a match to burn it down
When it comes to raisin’ hell ’bout to take y’all to school
Ain’t big on all your laws and don’t care about your rules
Yeah, I tell my eagle where to fly (Where to fly, baby)
If it’s not broke, I’m a break it kind of guy
Yeah, I tell my eagle where to fly
If it’s not broke, I’m a break it kind of guy
Yeah, girl, I know this time of night I’m your forbidden fruit
Before you bite this apple, you need to know the truth
You won’t like the ending so ya might not wanna start
If ya gonna hold me tonight, girl, hang on to your heart
‘Cause I tell my eagle where to fly (Where to fly)
If it’s not broke, I’m a break it kind of guy
I tell my eagle where to fly (Where to fly)
If it’s not broke, I’m a break it kind of guy
No, don’t tell me where to put it
I put it where I want
Don’t tell me how to do it
And don’t tell me how to don’t
Don’t tell me how to wing it
I wing it how I want
And don’t tell me how to sing it
It’s my damn song, come on (No, don’t)
Don’t tell me where to put it, no
I put it where I want
And don’t tell me how to do it
And don’t tell me how to don’t
Don’t tell me how to wing it
I wing it how I want
And don’t tell me how to sing it
It’s my damn song
Yeah, I tell my eagle where to fly (Where to fly)
If it’s not broke, I’m a break it kind of guy
Yeah, I tell my eagle where to fly
If it’s not broke, I’m a break it kind of guy
I tell my eagle where to fly
Don’t tell me how to do it, I do it how I want
And don’t tell me where to put it, baby
Gonna put it where it don’t, yeah, I tell my eagle where to fly
