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Clean Slate Lyrics — Donovan Woods | Dork

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Donovan Woods
Clean Slate Lyrics

Lyrics

Clean Slate

From Without People2020

Written by Donovan Woods, Jeremy Spillman, Tucker Beathard

Produced by Todd Clark

Lyrics

Clean Slate

This ain’t the first time I felt my heart beat faster Praying for the best, knowing most prayers don’t get answered I remember the fall and I remember getting back up after Only a fool pretends like the past don’t matter I wanna love you like I’ve ever loved anyone I wanna sing you like a song I ain't ever sung I wanna love you like the first time I saw the sun rise I wanna laugh with you like I don’t know the punchline I wanna give you my heart unburdened by all the uncertainty we face I wanna love you with a clean slate I wanna love you with a clean slate Like we ain’t ever felt the cold when the sparks stopped Like we ain’t ever seen a gold band sitting in a pawn shop Like temptation don’t exist and we ain’t ever felt lonely Like I'm not afraid to let you really know me I wanna love you like the first time I saw the sun rise I wanna laugh with you like I don’t know the punchline I wanna give you my heart unburdened by all the uncertainty we face I wanna love you with a clean slate I wanna love you with a clean slate I wanna love you like I've never loved anyone I wanna sing you like a song I ain't ever sung I wanna love you like the first time I saw the sun rise I wanna laugh with you like I don’t know the punchline I wanna give you my heart unburdened by all the uncertainty we face I wanna love you with a clean slate I wanna love you with a clean slate

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About this track

"Clean Slate" is a song by Donovan Woods from the album Without People, released in 2020. The song was written by Donovan Woods, Jeremy Spillman, Tucker Beathard. It was produced by Todd Clark.

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Contributors

Todd Clark— 141 credits as songwriter & producer →
Donovan Woods— 78 credits as songwriter & producer →
Jeremy Spillman— 36 credits as songwriter & producer →
Tucker Beathard— 18 credits as songwriter & producer →

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