About The Song
“Best of Intentions” is a song written and recorded by American country music singer Travis Tritt. It was released in June 2000 as the first single from his album, Down the Road I Go. The song reached the top of the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart and peaked at number 27 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart, his highest charting single to date. It also became Tritt’s first Number One single since “Foolish Pride” in 1994, and the last Number One hit of his career, also his first top 10 hit since “Where Corn Don’t Grow” in 1997.
The song is a ballad in which the narrator discusses about his best intentions which never materialized into the life he had always planned to build for his significant other.
Deborah Evans Price, of Billboard magazine reviewed the song favorably saying that it is a “gorgeous ballad” and that “the song boasts a sweet melody and tender lyric.” Price goes on to say that it is a “stirring anthem of devotion that will likely strike a chord with country listeners.”
The music video for “Best of Intentions” was filmed at Tennessee State Penitentiary, where movies such as Marie, Ernest Goes to Jail, Last Dance and The Green Mile were filmed. It features Tritt portraying a prison inmate, scenes also feature him singing the song, and sitting on his stool.
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Lyrics
I had big plans for our future
Said I’d give you the whole world somehow
I tried making good on that promise
Thought I’d be so much further by now
Never could build you a castle
Even though you’re the queen of my heart
But I’ve had the best of intentions from the start
Now some people think I’m a loser
‘Cause I seldom get things right
But you make me feel like a winner
When you wrap me in your arms so tight
Please tell me you will remember
No matter how much I do wrong
That I had the best of intentions all along
I’d give you a ring and I promised you things
I always thought we’d do
But my best-laid plan slipped right through my hands
To show my love for you
And if you could read my heart
Then you’d know without exception
It was all with the best of intentions
I gave you a ring and I promised you things
I always thought we’d do
But my best-laid plan slipped right through my hands
To show my love for you
And if you could read my heart
Then you’d know without exception
It was all with the best of intentions
So here I am asking forgiveness
And praying that you’ll understand
Don’t think I take you for granted
Girl, I know just how lucky I am
Though you deserve so much better
You won’t find devotion more true
‘Cause I’ve had the best of intentions
Girl, I’ve had the best of intentions
Yes, I’ve had the best of intentions loving you, oh-woah
