Underwood had a hand in writing this song, which chronicles a girl's life from infancy to motherhood. With lines such as,"And now, he's wrapped around her finger / She's the center of his whole world / And his heart belongs to that sweet, little, beautiful, wonderful, perfect all-Am...
Several of the tracks on Carly Pearce's29album would be fair additions to this list — many of them were inspired by the singer's divorce from fellow country artist Michael Ray — but "Next Girl" certainly spills this tea. Specifically, this song warns an ex's new girlfriend her that he...
Underwood had a hand in writing this song, which chronicles a girl's life from infancy to motherhood. With lines such as,"And now, he's wrapped around her finger / She's the center of his whole world / And his heart belongs to that sweet, little, beautiful, wonderful, perfect all-Am...
but none quite so chilling as "Church Bells." This song describes a woman who is beautiful but poor, and so when she marries a rich man, it seems like she's living the life of her dreams — until it's revealed that her husband is an abusive alcoholic. The woman quickly takes matters...
describes the young girl and Billie Joe "throwing somethin' off the Tallahatchie Bridge" shortly before his death. The lack of resolution — and the unsettling feeling of a family that turns a cold shoulder to a neighbor's tragedy — makes this song one of the darkest in the country genre...
"D-I-V-O-R-C-E" has been one of country music's best-loved heartbreak ballads ever since its release in 1968. It's a story song about a marriage ending, and the young child caught in the middle of his parents' breakup. No. 2: Faron Young, "Hello Walls" YouTube No. 2: Faron...
shotgun while she"wait[s] by the door and light[s] a cigarette,"she'll greet the guy on his homecoming from jail with a lesson on"what little girls are made of: gunpowder and lead."The Texas native says she thought about stories of women her parents housed when writing this song. ...
At first listen, "Independence Day" might sound like a good old fashioned patriotic country song, but listen closer: It's actually about a mother and daughter who get out from under the thumb of an abusive patriarch, in a pretty grisly way. ...
You know the little girl next door, Mama? / I think her name is Betty Clark / Aw, don't tell me that she's dead, Mama / Why, I just seen her in the park She was sitting on a bench, Mama / Thinking up a game to play / Seems I was holding a wrench, Mama / Then my mind...
At first listen, "Independence Day" might sound like a good old fashioned patriotic country song, but listen closer: It's actually about a mother and daughter who get out from under the thumb of an abusive patriarch, in a pretty grisly way. ...