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Rhythm 9.8
Melody 9.8
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This song has been reviewed 17 times. Overall score for this song, 9.8.
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Gary Allan - Best I Ever Had Lyrics

Song details
TitleBest I Ever Had
ArtistGary Allan
AlbumTough All Over [MCA] (2005) , Track 2 ,
Greatest Hits [MCA Nashville] (2007) , Track 6
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Song lyrics
So you sailed away into a grey sky morning
Now I'm here to stay, love can be so boring
And nothing's quite the same now
I just say your name now.

But it's not so bad
You're only the best I ever had
You don't want me back
You're just the best I ever had.

So you stole my world, now I'm just a phony
Remembering the girl leaves me down and loney
Well, send it in a letter
Make yourself feel better.

But it's not so bad
You're only the best I ever had
You dont want me back
You're just the best I ever had.

And it might take some time to patch me up inside
But I can't take it so I, I run away and hide
And I might find in time that you were always right
You were always right.

So you sailed away into a grey sky morning
Now, I'm here to stay, love can be so boring
Was it what you wanted?
Could it be I'm haunted?

But it's not so bad
You're only the best I ever had
You dont want me back
You're just the best I ever had.

You're just the best I ever had...
lyrics submitted by adrienne on 31-05-2005
lyrics corrected by chuchi21 on 30-11-2005




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22-07-2005 13:54PimpPrincess024 is offline PimpPrincess024 

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This song is SOOOOOOOOOO sad and obviously about his wife who commited suicide in October. It's a really good song though. But still, it totally makes me cry. And it makes me sad that his wife killed herself, because Gary Allan is awesome.
22-07-2005 13:55PimpPrincess024 is offline PimpPrincess024 

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This song is SOOOOOOOOOO sad and obviously about his wife who commited suicide in October. It's a really good song though. But still, it totally makes me cry. And it makes me sad that his wife killed herself, because Gary Allan is awesome.
02-08-2005 01:5850IsMyPIMP is offline 50IsMyPIMP 

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OMG! This is like the best song ever! Gary Allan is soooooo talented and can I say HOT! He sings this song soooo well! It brings me to tears everytime I hear it, but I still love it and noe every word!
08-08-2005 15:06got_spork is offline got_spork 

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this song givea me chills.
14-08-2005 19:23Chrissy47 is offline Chrissy47 

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I do love this song...and I do love Gary Allan. But ya'll know that this song was normally sang by some rock star or something like that. But its totally great still.
14-08-2005 19:24Chrissy47 is offline Chrissy47 

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You GOTTA BE JOKING?!?!?!??!?!?! Gary Allan's wife committed suicide???? Actually I didnj't even know he was married.
26-08-2005 07:07CalebCastine is offline CalebCastine 

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I didn't know that his wife commited suicide, or even that he was married. Regardless, this a great redo of the Vertical Horizon song... I don't know who did a better job with it, but Gary would certainly get the nod cause of his wife's death. Gotta love country music where almost every song has a meaning behind it. Even though this wasn't originally country, Gary definately made it country and put that meaning into it.
26-08-2005 07:09CalebCastine is offline CalebCastine 

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I didn't know that his wife commited suicide, or even that he was married. Regardless, this a great redo of the Vertical Horizon song... I don't know who did a better job with it, but Gary would certainly get the nod cause of his wife's death. Gotta love country music where almost every song has a meaning behind it. Even though this wasn't originally country, Gary definately made it country and put that meaning into it.
08-09-2005 17:15cwgrlup8 is offline cwgrlup8 

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I don't mean to sound rude. I love Gary Allan and the song "Best I Ever Had". However, it is not about his wife. He didn't even write it. While I am a primarily a country fan I do listen to other types of music. About 4 years ago Verticle Horizon sang that song. Gary Allan just redid it recently..... before his wife passed!
14-09-2005 23:53GOMAVS06 is offline GOMAVS06 

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This song is just so awesome, I love it I absolutely love it.
02-10-2005 17:01amy2266 is offline amy2266 

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good song...
04-10-2005 01:40Colleen11 is offline Colleen11 

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This is Vertical Horizon's song, what the hell, they should be getting the credit for this song
15-10-2005 17:10AsianRebel502 is offline AsianRebel502 

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Sorry, this is probably the worst cover song EVER. He doesn't even get some of the words right. He has some great hits like Man To Man, Tough Little Boys, and one of my favorites, Songs About Rain. So why does he have to attemp a cover of an alternative rock song? Believe me, Vertical Horizons version was GREAT and I love the song. If it wasn't for the background meaning of this song for Gary Allan, it should never have been recorded... his album Tough All Over has some really good OTHER material that he should have used as a single.

Oh yeah, the name of the song is "GREY SKY MORNING" anyways... somehow it got lost in translation. THE LAST LINE OF THE HOOK DOESN'T CONSTITUTE THE TITLE OF THE SONG!
22-10-2005 01:00deanna_bo_banna is offline deanna_bo_banna 

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I love this song. It's so sad and I cried the first times I heard it. I tear up a little now and then when I hear it. It's so beautiful.
04-11-2005 22:37blondieK8706 is offline blondieK8706 

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i LOVE this song...one of my favorite country songs EVER!!!
02-12-2005 22:01gymnast27 is offline gymnast27 

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I dont even listen to country that much and i love this song more then any song right now. I think he did a very good job with the vocals tool.
07-12-2005 01:49angelpaws is offline angelpaws 

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This is actually a great redo. Vertical Horizon couldn't pull off this song the way Gary could. His unique voice (with the twang) is perfect.

When I first heard this, I could've sworn i'd heard it before....I was right.

Anyway; I think "best I ever had" is a fine name for the song. Pretty much sums it up. Grey Sky morning doesn't have much to do with the feelings he's singing about.
07-01-2006 16:21truly_unknown is offline truly_unknown 

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this is a great song
i was a little leary when i seen it on
my favorite boys profile.
but i listened to it and its great.
it makes me a little sad to think this is how he really feels.
not the singer, the guy whos profile its on.
28-01-2006 03:11TJ23 is offline TJ23 

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This is definatly his best song
06-03-2006 17:44dorkfish is offline dorkfish 

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IT'S AN AWESOME SONG.ITS ONE OF THE GREATEST REDUES.I THINK HE DID BETTER THAN VERTICAL HORIZOIN EVEN THOUGH I LIKE VERTICAL HORIZOIN.
11-04-2006 02:09PimpPrincess024 is offline PimpPrincess024 

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Okay, so obviously I didn't know that this was a Vertical Horizon song originally. I listened to their version... it was good, but I still like Gary's better. And I was watching a concert of his on CMT and he made reference to his late wife before performing this song saying that "I found myself listening to this song over and over" So yeah... he definately identifies this song with his wife. Very sad.
14-08-2006 17:28Leslo3105 is offline Leslo3105 

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Okay, first off Gary Allan did a MUCH better job with this song than Vertical Horizon. Secondly, I just attended my SECOND concert last night in 3 months. Rascal Flatts w/ Gary Allan as their special guest. He CLEARLY explained BOTH times that... This song was sent to him after his wife died and he found himself listening to it over and over. Therefore he recorded it himself. NOW.. why is it such a big deal that he did since about every artist out there re-records music that has been done before? He never has taken credit for writing this song or creating it or whatever. It helped him get through what was going on with his wife. This song is very sad and gives me the chills as well. Though, to feel the real impact of emotions... you really need to hear it LIVE!! It's amazing and so touching that it will bring you to tears. I just wanted to clear up that he did not ever take credit for this song and he admitted that it was sent to him and he re-recorded it. I don't mean to be rude if I sound it but still...

Gary Allan is so hott too
19-09-2006 02:17sarah1604 is offline sarah1604 

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i love this song, gary allan has such a nice voice. i noticed when i searched for this song, though, that it was also there with his name spelled wrong and that one had a rating of 4078 while this one with his name spelled right is 9300...i thought that was a big difference in ranking for just the name spelled differently...i don't even know how i noticed that, because i never look at that stuff.
14-01-2007 17:39landon017 is offline landon017 

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oh gah this song is for my ex bf too


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