Jake Owen Life of the Party lyrics

Swore I was gonna tell em the truth
That was til everybody started asking 'bout you
And I didn't know what to say
Came up with some lame excuse
Why you were gone
Said you were gonna come later on
Painted a smile on my face
Like everything was okay

[Chorus:]
I was hanging around, rockin' the crowd
Everybody singing along with my songs
Taking my shots, throwing them back
Acting like you ain't gone
Well I don't want 'em to know I'm all alone
And I ain't got nobody
I don't want 'em to see I'm dyin' inside
So I guess I'll be the life
Life of the party

And then one of your friends
Came up and gave me a hug and asked me how we've been
I smiled and said we're better than we've ever been
Well I don't know why I had to lie
Guess I didn't wanna tell her that you said goodbye
I couldn't even look her in the eye
So I kept on...

[Chorus:]
Hanging around, rockin' the crowd
Everybody singing along to my songs
Taking my shots, throwing them back
Acting like you ain't gone

Well I don't want em to know I'm all alone
And I ain't got nobody
I don't want 'em to see I'm dyin' inside
So I guess I'll be the life
Life of the party

[Bridge:]
Everybody thinkin I'm feelin good
Everybody thinkin I'm havin a real good time
Don't know the truth about you and I

[Chorus:]
So I'm hanging around, rockin' the crowd
Everybody singing along to my songs
Taking my shots, throwing them back
Acting like you ain't gone
Well I don't want em to know I'm all alone
And I ain't got nobody
I don't want 'em to see I'm dyin' inside
So I guess I'll be the life
Life of the party

Life of the party
Life of the party
So I guess I'll be the life
Life of the party

Swore I was gonna tell em the truth
But I didn't know what to say