Virtuoso Lyrics – Ryan Beatty

Read the full Virtuoso lyrics by Ryan Beatty from the album Sweet Fortune along with the music video, song credits, release information and other details about the song. If you enjoy Ryan Beatty’s music, you can also explore White Lightning, another song by Ryan Beatty.

[Verse 1]
Where to go, I wouldn’t know, I heard a call out west
Gold rush rotting in a copper pot, I could end up there, I guess
And though I cannot hold you close, like a rose upon my chest
Hell, if I don’t see you anymore, doesn’t mean I love you less

[Refrain]
Woo-hoo
Woo-hoo

[Verse 2]
Two thumbs waving in the wind, I’ve got nothing you could buy
But I’ll pump a little gasoline if you get me there tonight
Tulane green, well, shame on me if I show up underdressed
‘Cause I always wear your borrowed things ’til I end up wearing less

[Chorus]
Hey, tryna hold me down is like holding on to rain
I’m not an empty gun, I’m the bullet flying away
You gotta learn to leave to remember why you stay
Letting go of what you hold holds you just the same

[Verse 3]
Veteran drummer, rookie clarinets
Salt the edge and suck the lime
Virtuous or a virtuoso, a parody or paradise?
I close my eyes and think of you with that hammer around your chest
Just because I’d die to leave you here doesn’t mean I love you less

[Refrain]
Woo-hoo
Woo-hoo

[Chorus]
Hey, tryna hold me down is like holding on to rain
I’m not an empty gun, I’m the bullet flying away
You gotta learn to leave to remember why you stay

Letting go of what you hold holds you just the same

[Post-Chorus]
Time turns, it’s turning me on
The more that I miss, the more that I want
Time turns, it’s turning me on
I want you right back the moment I’m gone
Time turns, it’s turning me on
The more that I miss, the more that I want
Time turns, it’s turning me on
I want you right back the moment I’m gone