Album Track — This Long Broken Road
All It Takes (R&B)
Dawson McCoy — This Long Broken Road: R&B Edition — January 9, 2026
The Story Behind the Song
A song about the emptiness underneath a culture that treats connection as disposable. It follows a string of one-night stands and swiped-right encounters, watching how easily people trade something real for a few hours of distraction -- and how little it actually takes to throw away something that mattered. The refrain isn't judgment from the outside; it's a warning from someone who's watched the pattern repeat.
Also Performed By
This Long Broken Road is released in multiple performer editions, each with its own real performance — durations differ by artist, not just persona.
| Edition | Duration | ISRC |
|---|---|---|
| This Long Broken Road | 05:29 | QT65W2535556 |
| This Long Broken Road: His | 05:28 | — |
| This Long Broken Road: Hers | 04:36 | — |
Listen
Streaming links below are for the full This Long Broken Road: R&B Edition release — individual song previews aren't split out by the catalog.
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Lyrics
This edition's lyric delivery can vary slightly from Brian Kittrell's original — a dedicated transcript for the R&B Edition isn't published yet. See the Brian Kittrell performance for his published lyrics.