"Daddy passed me his bottle of tequila," its lyrics begin, "Said, 'Time's running out / We're gonna have to pretend it's a margarita.'" In this song, a dying father offers up his final life lessons to his daughter, and cautions her, "Don't you let me see you cry / Don't ...
"Daddy passed me his bottle of tequila," its lyrics begin, "Said, 'Time's running out / We're gonna have to pretend it's a margarita.'" In this song, a dying father offers up his final life lessons to his daughter, and cautions her, "Don't you let me see you cry / Don't ...
"It was like {my father and I} was both back in older times and I was on horseback going' through the mountains of a night. Going' through this pass in the mountains. It was cold and there was snow on the ground and he rode past me and kept on going'. Never said nothing' ...
Jason Isbell's poetic songwriting skills often lead him into tough territory -- check out "Elephant" for a good cry and a chilling narrative about a friend dying from cancer -- but he imagines something even darker in "Yvette," a song about a female friend whose father is abusive toward ...
The duo's 2012 single set an all-time record of 56 weeks on the country charts, tying Taylor Swift's record. The remix, which featured rapper Nelly, hit #6 on the Hot 100. In 2013, "Cruise" became the best-selling song by a country duo in digital history. ...
“mercy now” for her dying father, our struggling empire, our fragile planet and, finally, ourselves. She began writing the song after visiting her father, hospitalized with Alzheimer’s-like symptoms after a car accident. Inspired by the repeating lines of Lucinda Williams’ 1988 song “...
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It was written by Steve Goodman and legendary songwriter John Prine, who went uncredited because he thought the song might offend the country music community. “The Gambler” – Kenny Rogers Some said that Kenny Rogers dying before the COVID pandemic was the ultimate “know when to fold ’em...
Ashley McBryde's modern-day murder ballad has one hell of a twist. Instead of a vengeful lover who kills their partner, McBryde plays the part of a daughter who takes revenge on her father's mistress. Biblical references and homage to family abound in the lyrics of this song, but McBry...
about him. In one radio interview, Monti's father said he sometimes drove his son's truck as a way to feel close to him, and Nashville songwriter Connie Harrington happened to be listening to the broadcast. Harrington was immediately inspired to write a song about the tragic story, and ...