Overall about difficult moments of disappointment and vulnerability. Having hope and longing, while remaining optimistic for the future. Encourages the belief that with each new morning there is a chance for things to improve.
The chorus offers a glimmer of optimism and a chance at a resolution and redemption in the future.
Captures the rollercoaster of emotions of feeling lost while loving someone who is not there for you, feeling let down and abandoned while waiting for a lover. Lost with no direction, "Now I'm up in the air with the rain in my hair, Nowhere to go, I can go anywhere"
The bridge shows signs of longing and a plea for companionship. The Lyrics express a desire for authentic connection and the importance of Loving someone just as they are. "Just in passing, I'm not asking. That you be anyone but you”
Now I know how Merle Haggard felt when he sang the words "Mama Tried"
And I lived those teenage Friday nights with "a pyramid of cans in the pale moonlight"
And that summer Becky broke my heart, Alabama sang "Old Flame Burning"
Well, I've danced with George Strait, drank with George Jones
My life's been a country song
[Chorus]
It's all about falling down and getting back up
Yeah, good times and hard luck
True love and amazing grace
Working all week for a back ache
Raisin' cane on Friday nights
Sunday church to set it right
They can write it on my stone
My life's been a country song
Now I know how Paycheck felt when told his boss to take his job and shove it
And I've had the girl that made me say "I like it, I love it, I want some more of it"
And I'll always remember just where I was "when the world stopped turning"
Through the good and the bad, the right and the wrong
My life's been a country song
[Chorus]
It's been the words when I couldn't find 'em, a friend when I've been alone
It's been a toast to the things remembered, the strength for moving on
[Chorus]
Oh, my life's been a country song
And I lived those teenage Friday nights with "a pyramid of cans in the pale moonlight"
And that summer Becky broke my heart, Alabama sang "Old Flame Burning"
Well, I've danced with George Strait, drank with George Jones
My life's been a country song
[Chorus]
It's all about falling down and getting back up
Yeah, good times and hard luck
True love and amazing grace
Working all week for a back ache
Raisin' cane on Friday nights
Sunday church to set it right
They can write it on my stone
My life's been a country song
Now I know how Paycheck felt when told his boss to take his job and shove it
And I've had the girl that made me say "I like it, I love it, I want some more of it"
And I'll always remember just where I was "when the world stopped turning"
Through the good and the bad, the right and the wrong
My life's been a country song
[Chorus]
It's been the words when I couldn't find 'em, a friend when I've been alone
It's been a toast to the things remembered, the strength for moving on
[Chorus]
Oh, my life's been a country song
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My Life's Been a Country Song Lyrics as written by John Wiggins Clay Mills
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