LISTENING IN: Cool song a hot hit for Blake Shelton

Blake Shelton isn’t from Tennessee, but with a nod to the state’s unique music-oriented promotional event in Toronto this week (see story above), we’ll feature a song co-written by talented Nashville songwriter Jimmy Robbins, who performed for media at the ‘Little Tennessee’ launch Wednesday at The Drake Hotel.

“Sure Be Cool If You Did” was written by Robbins, along with Chris Tompkins and Rodney Clawson, and was released by Shelton in 2013, reaching No. 1 Billboard Hot Country Songs and Country Airplay charts. (It peaked at No. 32 in Canada).

Robbins, who also produces artists, has penned over 100 songs, including 10 No. 1 singles, including for the likes of Keith Urban and Miranda Lambert (“We Were Us),” and Maren Morris (“I Could Use a Love Song”).

But this one, I think, is the coolest.

Lyrics

I was gonna keep it real like chill like only have a drink or two
But it turned into a party when I started talkin’ to you
Now you’re standin’ in the neon lookin’ like a high I wanna be on
Baby it’s your call, no pressure at all

You don’t have to throw back your pretty pink lemonade shooter
And lean a little closer (a little closer)
You don’t have to keep on smilin’ that smile that’s drivin’ me wild
And when the night is almost over
Meet me in the middle of a moonlit Chevy bench seat
And do a little bit of country song, hangin’ on
You don’t have to keep me fallin’ like this
But it’d sure be cool if you did

You can’t shoot me down ’cause you’ve already knocked me dead
Got me fallin’ apart with my heart talking out of my head
Let your mind take a little back road just as far as you wanna go
Baby, I’ll do whatever you wanna do, wanna do

And now you’re standin’ in the neon
Lookin’ like a high I wanna be on