When "Best Shot" hit No. 1 last November Allen became the first black country music artist to debut with a No. 1 single, an achievement that's the result 10-plus years worth of hard work and hustle. You may know the story by now but soon after moving to Nashville in 2007 the now 32-year-old Milton, Delaware native was forced to live out of his Chevy Malibu for several months. Odd jobs like school janitor kept him fed while he chased his dream of becoming a country music singer and songwriter. It's a dream he never gave up on, telling Taste of Country that had he known it'd take a decade he'd absolutely do it again.
Jimmie Allen is the second Taste of Country RISER of 2019. His three-month long feature will include multiple performance videos, an intimate interview and evidence that he might be the funniest guy off stage as well. In becoming a RISER he joins established hitmakers like Cody Johnson, Brett Young, Morgan Wallen, Runaway June and Lindsay Ell.
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Jimmie Allen, "Make Me Want To" Lyrics:
(Allen, Paul Sikes Jennifer Denmark)
Long legs, cut-off jeans / Pulling me in like a magnet / Your eyes locked on me / I knew right then I had to have you / Right here in the middle of the floor / Of this hole-in-the-wall on a back street / I knew I had to get close to you.
Chorus:
Girl, what's your name, what you drinking / Yeah, what's your favorite song / If you're thinking what I'm thinking / We ain't gonna be in this bar too long / We'll be sneaking on out to your car / Stealing kisses out there in the dark / Yeah it might be too soon to say I love you / But you're gonna make me want to.
Soft hands touching on me / Lighting me up like a bonfire / Your lips are making me think / This is gonna be an all-nighter / Right here in the middle of the crowd / You're the center of the world on a barstool / Oh yeah, I had to get close to you, girl.
We'll be sneaking on out to your car, car, car / Stealing kisses out there in the dark, dark, dark.
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