Asking For A Friend

Written by Devin Dawson with Connie Harrington ("I Drive Your Truck," "I Got the Boy") and Brett Beavers ("Felt Good On My Lips," " Red Solo Cup"), this song finds the singer trying to make amends after messing up a relationship. Yeah what if I told you he hadn't slept in weeks He was standing right here in front of you instead of me Is there any way you could ever love him again Just asking for a friend "I'm not the best at communicating, like, to your face, but like I can write a song about it." Dawson told Taste of Country. "Like, I can hide behind a guitar and tell you how I feel, and that's really what 'Asking For a Friend' is."

While its not clear whether or not the singer gets back together with the girl, in real life, the guy was unsuccessful. "She didn't take him back, in my experience - which, honestly, worked out well for me, as it always does," Dawson admitted. "Blessing in disguise, or things that lead you on to the next thing."

Devin Dawson turned up for the songwriting session at Beavers' writing studio in Nashville on March 7, 2016 with the song's hook, "I'm just asking for a friend," stored in his cellphone, "It was one of those songs that was definitely rooted in my story," he told Billboard. "I was going through a relationship where I probably could have used this song, you know, and I needed to say 'sorry' to someone. I think we had already ended things a couple weeks earlier."