VlogBee

Eric Church's newest release, "Doing Life With Me," is a sweet, acoustic love song: to everyone who's stuck by him through thick and thin. The country superstar premiered the track on Friday (Dec. 11).

Written by Church with Casey Beathard and Jeffrey Steele, "Doin' Life With Me" proclaims Church's gratitude for those who love him, "a road dog with a cup with / A little Jack in it." They could have easily walked away, he knows, but they've stayed around, and he's, quite simply, eternally grateful.

"I don't pray much anymore for this old troubadour's / Happiness, wishes, wants and needs / End of my ropes, hopes and dreams," Church sings in the chorus. "Am I livin' givin' thanks for the ships I never sank? / Every big, every little in the everyday things / The notes and the words in the songs I sing / To the ones doin' life with me."

"Doing Life With Me" is one of 28 songs Church and his band recorded over 28 days during a marathon session at an old restaurant in the mountains of North Carolina that they turned into a studio for the occasion. The process kept the singer and his crew up late; in fact, Church admits, they had to take a couple days off at one point because he'd stayed up for four straight days, unable to unwind and sleep.

Previously, the superstar has teased that his four weeks of recording yielded enough material for a double album, at least. He and his team are "still working on" final plans, but, he says, fans will get to hear the entire session "in some form."

"When we recorded this album in December and January, we had a plan. And then COVID happened," Church added at the CMAs. "And we've slow-played it a little bit, to be honest."

10 Things You Didn't Know About Eric Church:

ncG1vNJzZmiskajBprvFnKaupqSnxm%2BvzqZmnqqZmHqktNSrmqFllKS2r7OMpaCfnV2strW0jKacaA%3D%3D