Donovan Woods
Donovan Woods’ latest album is an acoustic reimagining of songs we already … Read Full Bio ↴Donovan Woods’ latest album is an acoustic reimagining of songs we already know, and yet it reveals new shades of his acclaimed songwriting and spectral singing that leaves his listeners hanging on every word.

Released on May 3 on Woods’ Meant Well label, The Other Way mines fresh meaning from the songs first collected on Both Ways, the Canadian artist’s 2018 release that scored him his first Juno Award (contemporary roots album) and a Canadian Country Music Award (roots album). Often hailed as a songwriter’s songwriter, Woods had been nominated for a Juno a handful of times in previous years, including two nods for songwriter of the year.

The Other Way brims with luminous renditions that are stark yet startling in their urgency. As the year winds down, though, Woods’ newest songs are adding even more color to his palette. Pulsing with an electro-acoustic heartbeat, “Way Way Back” pays homage to the long shadow that old lovers often cast and the ways they creep back into our memories.

Released on December 6, “While All the While,” co-written with ace singer-songwriter Lori McKenna, is essentially Woods’ songwriting in miniature, a portrait of quotidian life that swells into a poignant meditation on how we sit with and reconcile our conflicted feelings.

“Therapy helped guide me into the idea that it’s OK to be sad. I can be sad and still make jokes and laugh. I can be sad and sing. I can be sad while still being grateful and happy that people come see my shows and care about the songs I make,” Woods says.

“I brought this idea to Lori, and we tried to write a song about just that. Getting up and going on with life,” he adds. “A little celebration of the things we do while all the while a little sadness is still there with us.”

Perhaps without even knowing it, Woods has explored that feeling with quiet grace throughout his celebrated career, starting with his 2009 debut, The Hold Up. A decade later, he has become an in-demand songwriter whose work has been recorded by Tim McGraw (“Portland, Maine”), Lady Antebellum’s Charles Kelley (“Leaving Nashville”) and Billy Currington (“Sweet Love”), with over 200 million streams.

His secret? Fans don't just hear Woods' words – they connect with them as if his songs are telling the stories of their own lives.
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Donovan Woods Lyrics


"Put On Cologne" One, two, three, four All the windows on the second floor W…
All Mine Beautiful I'm into something beautiful But I need you to be …
Another Way We got married in a hotel in Michigan I didn't think…
Between Cities I could drive a thousand miles I don't even know what…
Brand New Gun I wrote this on a train As I made my way In…
Break Somebody's Heart Out on some back road, Fogged up windows, She broke…
Burn That Bridge Slipping on cracks in the sidewalk Both our eyes are bloodsh…
Car Won't Start When I heard you two ended My plan was to stick…
Clean Slate This ain't the first time I felt my heart beat…
Divorcée Did you think he was sweet? Did you think he could…
Do I Know Your Name My old flame has hazel eyes No it feels like I'll…
Don't Deny It In this world, there's a losing end? Boys and girls, women…
Easy Street I guess the money's all dried up 'Cause when I drive…



Empty Rooms Packing tape and boxes Won't imagine every line To carefully…
God Forbid I used to worry about typical things, They never kept me…
Good Lover How did I figure I was gonna drive home like…
Great Escape I had gone out with my friends I saw some picture…
Grew Apart I don't tell 'em 'bout the things you said I don't…
He Drinks Gas He drinks gas I bet him he wouldn′t drink any gas…
How Good I wanna love you my whole life Walk through the garden…
How Much is That Hat? There's no way I can only get so much done in…
I Ain't Ever Loved No One I guess before I met ya I didn't know better You swept…
I Ain't Saying She's Better Than You Maybe the love you won't receive Will lead me beyond that…
I Don't Belong To You Pretendin' beauty, like it don't exist A couple feudin', tru…
I Hope You Change Your Mind I swear you were talking in your sleep Or maybe I…
I Live A Little Lie It's callin' like a train sound Quiet as a church mouse I…
I'm Around I get up early on a Saturday, Walk up to…
I'm Still Sweet Here's a song that soldiers used to sing You can hear…
Interlude When the party′s over And I get to pull you in…
IOWA I am waiting for this book to get good I do…
It'll Work Itself Out She wakes up in the mornin' Sleepin' in the bed I…
Jail Way on down In the jailhouse town There's a girl with a…
Kennedy When they say your father's name They're talkin' 'bout a boa…
Last Time I Saw You Last time I saw you You arrived with someone else I was…
Lawren Harris I live on my own now I don't know where to…
Leave When You Go Walking up four stories, Ears ringing from the party, You g…
Leaving Nashville Pour out your heart in three-twenty The one you didn't write…
Let Go Lightly baby we could rent this house, put a fan on…
Man Made Lake I can open up this engine in any direction, I can…
May 21 2012 I can love you Or better yet, I can leave you…
My Boy Where was my boy tonight again? Where was my boy tonight…
My Cousin Has A Grey Cup Ring Of all the things I never do, I'd have to pass…
My Good Friends My good friends ain't nothin' but trouble My good friends ai…
Next Year My brother and me Used to climb this tree We were gonna…
No Time Has Passed How we gonna get there baby, No one's getting shot today, I…
On the Nights You Stay Home on the nights you stay home I don't' even go down…
Our Friend Bobby Cops found him on a Sunday So we all met up…
Phone some people, they love you so great it spans the countryside…
Portland Maine I don't want to be talking on the phone every…
Put On Cologne All the windows on the second floor Where I lived with…
Put On, Cologne All the windows on the second floor Where I lived with…
Read About Memory I remember drivin' and the smell of rain And your hands…
Seeing Other People I was ok with you seeing other people It was…
She Waits For Me to Come Back Down I get too drunk, I get too stoned I get…
That Hotel Room 413 by the elevator Cold as hell, the TV hardly…
The Coldest State I was in the coldest state now I was in the…
The First Time When you're up all night, 'Cause you want it so bad, But…
The Worst Way If I lied to you Would it turn you on? Would you…
They Don't Make Anything in That Town my mom and dad arrived 1975 houses were so cheap man alive m…
Truck Full of Money Part of the thrill Is you think you might die up…
Virginia Firm Well, I'm in this story but I keep forgetting To put…
Way Way Back Traffic lights If I time this right I can get back home…
We Never Met Let's just say that The party never happened, I never notice…
We Used To Sun's up so gather up, Everything strewn about the room, I d…
What Kind of Love Is That What kind of love is that? What kind of love is…
What Kind of Love Is That? What kind of love is that 3x Did it find you…
What They Mean Little boy in the back seat asking Why do all these…
Whatever Keeps You Going I got a friend named Tommy He still drives his…
When the Party's Over Baby, lock the door, Turn out that porch light, It's…
Whole Way Home It was your friends and their husbands at some dinner party…
Won't Come Back I got shot beneath the club You did too but i…
You Don't Say Pretendin' beauty, like it don't exist A couple feudin', tru…
Your Daughter John Now lay me down on the warehouse ground. Later on, I…


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