Watch Matt Freedman's song "Once Upon a Lime" performed unplugged here with Dustin Napoli and Rae Radick, live from Hopetown Sound.

A singer and songwriter with a 15 year history of writing and selling out shows, Matt Freedman was born in Pennsylvania and was a teenager when he began writing songs. His blend of storytelling, nostalgia and anthem hooks makes Matt a unique artist as well as songwriter in the pop/country and Americana genres. He taught himself to play guitar, drums and bass as a young teenager, and started his first band at 12 years old with middle school friends. As a student at Council Rock High School, Matt was the captain of his Football and Basketball teams, leading to a Football Scholarship as a quarterback. As a young football player, Matt set school records in passing and rushing yards, and earned himself First team honors. As Matt grew as a musician, his bands went to sell out the Trocadero Theater in Philadelphia, and went on to play Lincoln Financial Field, home of the Philadelphia Eagles, and to play with Country greats like Miranda Lambert, Brett Young, Jon Langston, Maddie & Tae, and Lily Rose.

Freedman was being scouted as a baseball player during his time playing American Legion baseball, as a pitcher and outfielder but decided to follow his passion as a quarterback on the football field. After blowing out his knee during college on a passing play, Matt's career abruptly ended as a football player and Matt turned immediately to music. He began writing deeply personal songs to get through the change, and gravitated towards pop/punk, country and soul music. Influenced by artists like and .

"Once Upon a Lime" Lyrics

Verse

I came from jersey

On a 4 hour flight

It was just me

My girl left last night

I Planned on getting down

on one knee

Guess it wasn’t meant to be.

She came from Georgia

She's single again

She caught him cheatin’

He didn’t know what he had

So she’s solo

Leaving him behind

Gonna let the beach clear her mind

PreChorus

Once upon a time we both had nothing

Showed up on an island, both heartbroken

Who knew

I’d find you

Chorus

Sittin in the White sand, drink in my hand

You were standing at the bar

Lookin like a ten

I coulda drank that tequila straight down

Thank God I figured it out

My excuse to slide next to you

Told the bartender cut up a few

That’s about the time

Once upon a lime I met you

Verse 2

I bought the first shot

To get your name

And the next shot

To forget why we came

We took the third third round

To the third floor

And we barely made it through the door

Why?

Cause It's

1 Tequila

2 Tequila

3 Tequila MORE

Chorus

In the White sand, drink in my hand

You were standing at the bar

Lookin like a ten

I coulda drank that tequila straight down

Thank God I figured it out

My excuse to slide next to you

Told the bartender cut up a few

That’s about the time

Once upon a lime I met you

Bridge

Yeah we're on the same page

Sittin On the same wave

We're Drinkin to forget their names

I thank god we hit rock bottom

In the Same place

PreChorus

Once upon a time we both had nothing

Showed up on an island, both heartbroken

So Who knew

I’d find you

Chorus

Sittin in the White sand, drink in my hand

You were standing at the bar

Lookin like a ten

I coulda drank that tequila straight down

Thank God I figured it out

My excuse to slide next to you

Told the bartender cut up a few

That’s about the time

Once upon a lime I met you

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