How would you describe the feeling of being in love? For Ed Sheeran, the word is “Magical.” in HIS three-minute album opener, he makes an attempt to capture the beauty and delicacy of true love with words. He describes the magic of it all over a bright Pop song produced by Aaron Dessner.
What's, a, guy gotta do to get a girl in this town
Don't want to be alone when the sun goes down
Just a sweet little somethin' to put my arms around
What's a guy gotta do to get a girl in this town
Well ask anybody I'm a pretty good guy
And the looks decent wagon didn't pass me by
There ain't nothin' in my past that I'm tryin' hard to hide
And I don't understand why I gotta wonder why
What's a guy gotta do to get a girl in this town
Don't want to be alone when the sun goes down
Just a sweet little somethin' to put my arms around
What's a guy gotta do to get a girl in this town
Cruise all around the right parking lots
Little time gets killed a lot a bull gets shot
One who'll think I'm kinda cute and laugh at every joke I got
When I get to thinkin' maybe she's athinkin' maybe not
What's a guy gotta do to get a girl in this town
Don't want to be alone when the sun goes down
Just a sweet little somethin' to put my arms around
What's a guy gotta do to get a girl in this town
Had an old man tell me "Boy if you were smart
You'd hit the produce isle at the Super Wal-Mart"
So I bumped into a pretty girl's shopping cart
But all I did was break her eggs and bruise her artichoke hearts
What's a guy gotta do to get a girl in this town
Don't want to be alone when the sun goes down
Just a sweet little somethin' to put my arms around
What's a guy gotta do to get a girl in this town
What's a guy gotta do to get a girl in this town
Don't want to be alone when the sun goes down
Just a sweet little somethin' to put my arms around
What's a guy gotta do to get a girl in this town
Well ask anybody I'm a pretty good guy
And the looks decent wagon didn't pass me by
There ain't nothin' in my past that I'm tryin' hard to hide
And I don't understand why I gotta wonder why
What's a guy gotta do to get a girl in this town
Don't want to be alone when the sun goes down
Just a sweet little somethin' to put my arms around
What's a guy gotta do to get a girl in this town
Cruise all around the right parking lots
Little time gets killed a lot a bull gets shot
One who'll think I'm kinda cute and laugh at every joke I got
When I get to thinkin' maybe she's athinkin' maybe not
What's a guy gotta do to get a girl in this town
Don't want to be alone when the sun goes down
Just a sweet little somethin' to put my arms around
What's a guy gotta do to get a girl in this town
Had an old man tell me "Boy if you were smart
You'd hit the produce isle at the Super Wal-Mart"
So I bumped into a pretty girl's shopping cart
But all I did was break her eggs and bruise her artichoke hearts
What's a guy gotta do to get a girl in this town
Don't want to be alone when the sun goes down
Just a sweet little somethin' to put my arms around
What's a guy gotta do to get a girl in this town
What's a guy gotta do to get a girl in this town
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What's a Guy Gotta Do Lyrics as written by Joe Nichols Don Sampson
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Spirit Music Group
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