Little Big Town - Better Man

This songs speaks to me since my divorce big time! I definitely wonder what life would be like if he had been a better man, but I can truthfully say I do not wake up missing him, ever.  That is the only part of the song that is not true, but other than that, I love this song.


Every time it comes on the radio, I have to turn it all the way up and sing along, much to the dismay of my children, but they will get over it!


I wonder where we would be if you could have been a better man, but I am not going to waste time worrying over it. You couldn't be, and no matter how many times I tried and dragged you to counseling it never worked, so its time to move on.  Maybe you can figure it out and be a better man for the next woman. 

Zac Brown Band - Colder Weather (Home Free Cover) (The Sing Off)

First off - I love Zac Brown Band! And to that I really like this song, Colder Weather. I think its an emotional and moving song.


Second - I love Home Free, as if you couldn't tell by all the videos that I have been posting, but I think they are amazing, the fact that they do it all with their voices only is amazing and I don't think they get enough publicity or credit. So to that end I am doing my part in sharing what they do and trying to get more people to notice them.


This blog was for me to share music, the things that touch me and color my life, and I hope that some of the music touches you and helps to color your life as well!


Enjoy!

Lee Greenwood - God Bless The USA (Home Free Cover) (All Vocal) (A Cappe...

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I have always loved this song, but Home Free is amazing.


It blows me away what they can do with just their voices.

Jason Aldean and Kelly Clarkson - Don't You Wanna Stay

When this song first came out, I absolutely hated it! I would cry every time I heard it, but it really had nothing to do with the song, it was the point in my life where I was at. I had finally started to reach that breaking point in a bad marriage where even though I thought I would stay until the kids were out of school, I wasn't sure anymore that I could and still survive myself.



Since then, some years and a divorce have passed. I am in a much, much better place in my life!! So much better that this song is even a ringtone on my phone!

Yes, I know....you are thinking how could you go from hating it to having it as a ring tone. Well, let me explain.



Everything that the song talks about, the deep connection, making things last, and being together I didn't have in my marriage. I had someone who wanted to control me and make me into someone that I wasn't and who that that they knew best for everyone. After leaving, I got to like the song because it really did embody the things I wanted, that we all want in life, that we want to find with another person. So it no longer made me cry, but it still wasn't my favorite song because here I was, a single mom of three teens and preteens, dating just wasn't going to be an option I thought, I was just learning to stand on my own.



Much to my surprise someone entered my life as a friend, someone that I could really talk to and open up to. We've had our ups and downs, dealing with my fears of what my kids would think, is it too soon after the divorce, but then again it was not like we planned it to happen this way, it just sorta did. I never thought that someone that I vented to would turn into someone so connected.



This song is our ringtone for each other. The minute I hear it on the phone, a smile comes across my face, because I know that its him, I know that he is going to say something sweet and off the wall, and he will definitely catch me off guard. He is the polar opposite of my ex - in that he encourages me in everything I try to do, he always tells me I am beautiful, he thinks my kids are wonderful angels, that their teams will always win, and when they don't he is ready with a pick-me-up talk that has them cheered up in a heartbeat. I'm amazed everyday at him, and this song fits my feelings.

Hard Candy Christmas - Dolly Parton

So I couldn't get a video of this song to load onto here,  but this is probably my favorite "Christmas " song!

Lyrics

Hey, maybe I'll dye my hair
Maybe I'll move somewhere
Maybe I'll get a car

Maybe I'll drive so far
That I'll lose track
Me, I'll bounce right back
Maybe I'll sleep real late

Maybe I'll lose some weight
Maybe I'll clear my junk
Maybe I'll just get drunk on apple wine
Me, I'll be just

Fine and dandy
Lord it's like a hard candy Christmas
I'm barely getting through tomorrow
But still I won't let
Sorrow bring me way down

I'll be fine and dandy
Lord it's like a hard candy Christmas
I'm barely getting through tomorrow
But still I won't let
Sorrow get me way down

Hey, maybe I'll learn to sew
Maybe I'll just lie low
Maybe I'll hit the bars
Maybe I'll count the stars until dawn
Me, I will go on

Maybe I'll settle down
Maybe I'll just leave town
Maybe I'll have some fun
Maybe I'll meet someone
And make him mine
Me, I'll be just

Fine and dandy
Lord it's like a hard candy Christmas
I'm barely getting through tomorrow
But still I won't let
Sorrow bring me way down

I'll be fine and dandy
Lord it's like a hard candy Christmas
I'm barely getting through tomorrow
But still I won't let
Sorrow bring me way down

I'll be fine and dandy
Lord it's like a hard candy Christmas
I'm barely getting through tomorrow
But still I won't let
Sorrow bring me way down

'Cause I'll be fine
(I'll be fine)
Oh, I'll be fine

Brantley Gilbert - "Read Me My Rights" - C2C 8th March 2015 London, England

Brantley Gilbert has been called the "bad boy" of country music currently, but if there is one thing you have to admit, he has his views and he is willing to voice them!!  



He has been a strong supporter of the American Troops, riding motorcycles with the Wounded Warrior Project and more, including the song released earlier this year, "helluva an amen".



Once again he stands up for what he believes in, whether you agree with him or not, he voices it and that is what is important. "Read Me My Rights".



Lyrics:

Somebody better call the law
We done took it outside we’re about to brawl
Ol’ boy done put his hands on a woman
Where I come from, son, the next thing comin’ is a
Ass whoopin’ in the parkin’ lot
Gonna drop this fool right in front of the cops
Be proud of what I done
I ain’t gonna run

Just read me my rights put me in cuffs
Take me downtown barney lock me up
I’ll do my time and raise my right hand
I’ll tell the judge, I’d do that shit again

I heard it through the grapevine
Good daddy and a husband is a doin’ time
Said his wife and his kids were in the house
Ol' boy broke in man it all went south
When he dropped the hammer on his forty five
Now he’s in the pen twenty five to life
Lord knows if it’d have been me
I’d have to say

Read me my rights put me in cuffs
Take me downtown barney lock me up
I’ll do my time and raise my right hand
I’ll tell the judge I’d do it again

If I have to put the law in my hands its about to break
Cause I know right from wrong and if you cross that line
Boy all I gotta say is

Read me my rights put me in cuffs
Take me downtown barney lock me up
I’ll do my time raise my right hand
I’ll tell the judge I’ll do that shit again

Home Free - Elvira (feat. The Oak Ridge Boys)

I grew up on the Oak Ridge Boys! Loved this song since I was a kid, in fact I think I would have to say that Elvira is where my LOVE of the deep voice came from, I literally melt listening to him!!



Now I have posted Home Free videos before. I have been a big fan of them from the first time I saw them on The Sing-Off and continue to love watching what new and exciting stuff they come out with.



This is just classic! What else can I say. Two amazing bands, showing great respect for each other, working together to make a wonderful song even better! Truth be told, I didn't think you could make Elvira any better than The Oak Ridge Boys in their hayday, but I was wrong.



Now I hope you all enjoy as well!!