Change My Mind

"Change My Mind" plays on the tension between head and heart. Riley Green knows his relationship is chaotic and probably a bad idea, but he loves the chaos and physical chemistry his on-off relationship brings.

Green starts off the song insisting he is "really done this time" with the romance, then the hook performs a neat little sleight of hand. After laying out all the reasons he shouldn't let her back in, Green flips it with a challenge: "change my mind." He already knows the conditions under which he'll cave: a midnight sundress, a kiss, and those "pretty brown eyes." The emotional defenses are decorative at best; the door is locked, but the key is under the mat.

Speaking in a CMA interview, Green said "Change My Mind" was "not normally where I go as a writer," grouping it with "Worst Way" as more overt love song territory he was excited (and a bit nervous) to put out.