[Verse 1] They cut my name from the credits Left me out in the rain Wrote their dreams with my stories While I slept on a church step in pain I was the ghost in their boardrooms The hook they sang on TV They passed the plate on a Sunday But nobody passed it to me [Chorus] Time Magazine Write it down Hard Rock cover in a small-town crown Country news talking like they always knew me Big screens crying when they play my movie You’re all gonna wish you had paid attention to me (hey!) You’re all gonna wish you had paid attention to me [Verse 2] Little girl Heavy on the outside Carrying more on the soul They laughed Said I’d be nothing But they cashed every line I wrote I was ten with a notebook shaking While the world took my words for free You built your mansions on my heartbreak Now watch what I build for me [Chorus] Time Magazine Write it down Hard Rock cover in a small-town crown Country news talking like they always knew me Big screens crying when they play my movie You’re all gonna wish you had paid attention to me (oh yeah) You’re all gonna wish you had paid attention to me [Bridge] Where were you when I needed a hand? Sleeping in the back of a borrowed van Church doors locked But I still believed Now the last shall be first You’ll see You’ll see [Chorus] Time Magazine Write it down Hard Rock cover in a small-town crown Music shows running my story on repeat Red-carpet flashbulbs at my feet You’re all gonna wish you had paid attention to me (hey!) You’re all gonna wish you had paid attention to me You’re all gonna wish you had paid attention to me
