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Looking for My Swagger — JT

Looking for My Swagger

JT · Howling Moon Music

Album: Website Exclusive · Track 95
Southwest Country Soul
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The Story Behind This Song

This one's for every man who used to wake before the sun and now needs 20 minutes and three grunts just to get vertical. Your six-pack became a dad bod. Your hairline's heading south. Your acorns... let's just say they downsized without consulting you. And your bladder? That's the boss now. That's running the whole rodeo.

JT wrote this sitting in a recliner — which is basically where this song lives. It's a love letter to every middle-aged man who traded the wild mustang energy for a remote control and a coffee cup. The doctor says you're fine. Your back sounds like a busted tree. You're up four times a night to pee. But hey — the recliner is GOOD.

If your knees crack when you stand up, if you've ever Googled "is this low T or just Tuesday," if you've accepted that the world can spin without you while you nap — this is your anthem. Crank it up. Then take a nap.

Pass me that remote.

Lyrics

Used to wake before the sun
Now I stretch just to get things done
Hairline drifting south on me
Back sounds like a busted tree
Used to ride like a wild mustang
Now I groan when the phone just rang
Lookin’ for my mojo
Lookin’ for my swagger
I ain’t what I used to be

Doc said, “Son, you’re doing fine”
“It’s probably just inside your mind”

Lookin’ for my mojo
Lookin’ for my swagger
I ain’t what I used to be
Lookin’ for my mojo
Lookin’ for my swagger
But this recliner’s good for me

Six-pack abs turned dad bod round
Muscle memory but it ain’t around
Acorns smaller than they’ve ever been
Guess they packed up and moved on in
Up all night just to pee again
Bladder’s running this rodeo, friend
Lookin’ for my mojo
Lookin’ for my swagger
I ain’t what I used to be

Doc said, “You’re still a man”
“Just hydrate and stick to the plan”

Lookin’ for my mojo
Lookin’ for my swagger
I ain’t what I used to be
Lookin’ for my mojo
Lookin’ for my swagger
But this recliner’s good for me

All I want’s a remote in hand
Recliner tilted, understand
Kick it back and let it be
World can spin without me
Lights down low, TV glow
That’s about as wild as I wanna go
Leave me be, don’t wake me up
I’ll find my swagger in a coffee cup

Lookin’ for my mojo
Lookin’ for my swagger
I ain’t what I used to be
Lookin’ for my mojo
Lookin’ for my swagger
But this recliner’s good for me

I ain’t what I used to be
But this recliner’s good for me

Pass me that remote

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