Max McNown - Better Me for You

Better Me for You (Brown Eyes) is a song by American singer Max McNown, released on November 15, 2024, as the third single from his second studio album Night Diving (2025). It was written by McNown, Jamie Kenney (who also produced the song), Trent Dabbs and Ava Suppelsa.
The song was composed in May 2024. At the time, Max McNown was living in Oregon and had recently started a long-distance relationship. When his co-writers asked him about his life for song ideas, McNown decided to write about how he felt about his girlfriend. They began playing a bright midtempo groove on acoustic guitars. McNown had already written the phrase "I didn't know you'd have brown eyes", which became the opening line of the chorus, where McNown also describes her as strong and "deeper than a coal mine". The closing line of the chorus, "I gotta find a better me for you", was developed from McNown being inspired by his girlfriend to become a better person.

Lyrics:
[Verse 1]
Love was a game
I played dealer's choice
In the back of a bar all summer
Forgetting names like background noise
In relationships I wanted none of
Went off the rails by fall
Lord knows I needed savin'
Wore off the alcohol
And you were there like an angel waiting

[Chorus]
I didn't know you'd have brown eyes
Like to pray to Jesus
Spending Friday nights at home
Didn't know you'd be the strong kind
Deeper than a coal mine
Lovin' with a heart of gold
And you're everything that I'm not
Everything that I want
Thеre's a God, and baby, you're proof
In those brown еyes
I know that I gotta find a better me for you

[Verse 2]
Made a living dipping toes in the water
Feelin' low with my walls up high
I was staying far away from the deep end
Girl like you made a boy like me try
Went off the rails that fall
Lord knows I needed savin'
Made me forget them all

[Chorus]
And I didn't know you'd have brown eyes
Like to pray to Jesus
Spendin' Friday nights at home
Didn't know you'd be the strong kind
Deeper than a coal mine
Lovin' with a heart of gold
And you're everything that I'm not
Everything that I want
There's a God, and baby, you're proof
In those brown eyes
I know that I gotta find a better me for you

[Post-Chorus]
(Ooh, oh-oh-oh)
A better me for you
(Hoh, ohh-ohh)

[Bridge]
Don't worry 'bout the miles that it takes
We can make every one of them worth all the drivin'
I'll sing your praises every way
Like the hymnals all say
I could love you 'til the end of time, and

[Chorus]
I never knew you'd have brown eyes
Liked to pray to Jesus
Spend your Friday nights at home
Never knew you'd be the strong kind
Deeper than a coal mine
Lovin' with a heart of gold
And you're everything that I'm not
Everything that I want
There's a God, and baby, you're proof
In those brown eyes
I know that I gotta find, better me for you
[Outro]
Yeah, better me for you
Oh-oh-oh
Better me for you
A better me for you