Friday, March 30, 2012

"Dancin Away with my Heart"


According to Billboard.com “Dancin Away with my Heart” by Lady Antebellum is number five on the chart. This song is about two teenagers who dance and then go their separate ways with their lives. It can relate to many people in high school because several of them will have the same story in their future.

I really like the feeling this song gives off. It has a really catchy chorus to it. It is much different than other songs because it talks about how the two of them still wonder about one another. This is a great song that everyone should at least listen to!
I finally asked you to dance
On the last slow song
Beneath that moon that was really a disco ball
I can still feel my head on your shoulder
And hoping that song would never be over

[Chorus:]
I haven't seen you in ages
Sometimes I find myself
Wondering where you are
For me you'll always be 18
And beautiful and dancin' away with my heart

I brushed your curls back so I could see your eyes
And the way you moved me was like you were reading my mind
I can still feel you lean into kiss me
I can't help but wonder if you ever miss me

[Chorus]

You headed off to college
At the end of that summer and we lost touch
I guess I didn't realize even at that moment we lost so much

[Chorus]

Nah nah nah [x3]

Away with My Heart

Nah nah nah [x3]

Monday, March 19, 2012

"Where I Come From"

“Where I Come From” by Montgomery Gentry is currently the number ten song this week, according to billboard.com. This song has a very calm mood, and is a very catchy song. I really like this song and the feeling it gives off.
In this song he talks about his home town or “where he comes from” and basically says how much he enjoys it. The song tells the listener that he lives in a small town. It shows that he respects the people who are form the city if they respect him back. The song tells all of the positive things about living in a small city and the effect they have on people.

Don't you dare go runnin' down
My little town where I grew up
And I won't cuss your city lights
If you ain't ever took a ride around
And cruised right through the heart of my town
Anything you'd say would be a lie

We may live our lives a little slower
But that don't mean I wouldn't be proud to show ya

Where I come from,
There's an old plowboy turnin' up dirt
Where I come from,
There's a preacher man in a cowboy shirt
Where I come from
Where a couple boys fight in the parking lot
No, nobody's gonna call the cops
Where I come from

See that door right there
Man, I swear that it ain't never been locked
And I guarantee that it never will
That ol' man right there in the rockin' chair
At the courthouse square, I'll tell ya now
He could buy your fancy car with hundred dollar bills

Don't let those faded overalls fool ya
He made his million without one day of schoolin'

Where I come from
There's a pickup truck with the tailgate down
Where I come from
The pine trees are singin' a song of the South
Where I come from
That little white church is gonna have a crownd
Yeah, I'm pretty damn proud
Where I come from

Where I come from
There's a big ol' moon shinin' down at night
Where I come from
There's a man done wrong gonna make it right

Where I come from
There's an old plowboy turnin' up dirt
Where I come from
There's a preacher man in a cowboy shirt
Where I come from
Where a couple boys fight in the parking lot
No, ain't nobody gonna call the cops

Yeah, that river runs across that ol' flat rock
Where I come from

Where I come from

Monday, March 12, 2012

"Better than I used to Be"

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Tim McGraw’s latest single is “Better than I Used to Be,” it is the number fifteen song according to billboard.com. This song has a very deep and clear meaning. It talks about how he knows he isn’t perfect but he has come a long ways from what he was.

This song was released as a single but is supposed to be on his album Emotional Traffic. McGraw has had a few problems with his recording company, Curb Recordings. He recently won in a court battle against them to be freed from his contract with them. He is now able to record and release new music outside of his contract. His journey isn’t over though he has another court date set in July.

I know how to hold a grudge
I can send a bridge up in smoke
And I can't count the people I've let down, the hearts I've broke
You ain't gotta dig too deep
If you wanna find some dirt on me
I'm learning who you've been
Ain't who you've got to be
It's gonna be an uphill climb
Aww honey I won't lie

I ain't no angel
I still got a still few more dances with the devil
I’m cleanin up my act, little by little
I’m getting there
I can finally stand the man in the mirror I see
I ain’t as good as I’m gonna get
But I’m better than I used to be

I’ve pinned a lot of demons to the ground
I’ve got a few old habits left
There’s one or two I might need you to help me get
Standin in the rain so long has left me with a little rust
But put some faith in me
And someday you’ll see
There’s a diamond under all this dust

I ain't no angel
I still got a still few more dances with the devil
I’m cleanin up my act, little by little
I’m getting there
I can finally stand the man in the mirror I see
I ain’t as good as I’m gonna get
But I’m better than I used to be

I ain't no angel
I still got a still few more dances with the devil
But I’m cleanin up my act, little by little
I’m getting there
I can finally stand the man in the mirror I see
I ain’t as good as I’m gonna get
But I’m better than I used to be

Monday, March 5, 2012

"Home"

Dierks Bentley


This week the song “Home” was number three according to billboard.com. This song may have a different meaning for people listening to it than it does for Dierk’s when he writes. This song is an upbeat song with a very positive meaning. I really love all of Dierk’s Bentley’s music and this song is no exception!

The song "Home" by Dierks Bentley was also written by him. "My home is in Nashville with my family, my home is on the road with our fans and my home is definitely in country music," Dierks said. This song means a lot to him because it talks about what his "home" is and everything that is important in his life. He says that this song is a compilation of trial and error that he tested out with his fans while on tour.

West, on a plane bound west
I see her stretching out below
Land, blessed mother land
The place where I was born

Scars, she’s got her scars
Sometimes it starts to worry me
Cause lose, I don’t want to lose
Sight of who we are

From the mountains high
To the wave-crashed coast
There’s a way to find
Better days I know

It’s been a long hard ride
Got a ways to go
This is still the place
That we all call home

Free, nothing feels like free
though it sometimes means we don’t get along
Cause same, no we’re not the same
But that’s what makes us strong

From the mountains high
To the wave-crashed coast
There’s a way to find
Better days I know

It’s been a long hard ride
Got a ways to go
This is still the place
That we all call home

Brave, gotta call it brave
To chase that dream across the sea
Names, then they signed their names
For something they believed

Red, how the blood ran red
And we laid our dead in sacred ground
Just think, wonder what they think
If they could see us now

It’s been a long hard ride
Got a ways to go
This is still the place
That we all call home

It’s been a long hard ride
And I won’t lose hope
This is still the place
That we all call home