What's Wrong with Your Country Song?

Written by Rachel Thibodeau, Joe Leathers, and Ben Glover, “Love Don’t Run” is about sticking with a relationship, no matter what. It’s sung by Steve Holy. STEVE HOLY.

This is gonna hurt, this is gonna hurt like hell
This is gonna damn near kill me, sometimes the truth aint easy
I know that you’re scared of telling me something
I don’t wanna hear, but baby believe that
I’m not leaving, you couldn’t give me one good reason

[Chorus:]
Love don’t run, love don’t hide
It won’t turn away or back down from a fight
Baby I’m right here and I aint going anywhere
Love’s too tough it wont give up no not on us
Baby Love don’t run

Look, I get it. I think it’s important to put effort and work into relationships. But maybe you should hear what she has to say before you promise to never ever leave her. As my dear friend Abby (who sent me this song to write about, so thanks!) points out, “CREEPY.  Also, what if he is not the father?!  THERE ARE SO MANY WAYS TO INTERPRET THAT.”

She’s exactly right. Steve could be about to get some really bad news. Examples:

- He’s not the father

- She’s going to jail for 10 years (or longer! Or shorter! It all sucks!)

- She was faking the whole time

- She likes sex, just not with him

- Her side job is piracy

- She thinks they need to break up

- I DON’T KNOW! YALL TELL ME!!!!

Anyways, yeah, it’s a little creepy. Dude need to back off. I think we can all recognize that. 

Seriously, though, what do you think she’s going to tell him? My money’s on, “Darling, I went and got a restraining order today. You need to move 15 feet away from me now.”

I don’t actually really like any songs right now, so here’s this.

(Another one without an official video? What’s going on here? Am I just not searching far enough on youtube?)

Written by Toby Keith and Carl Goff Jr, “You Ain’t Much Fun” is about a man who loves drinking, but sobers up. 

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(Evidently there’s not an official video for this? Weird.)

Written by Stan Lynch, Stephony Smith, and Jeff Stevens and recorded by Tim McGraw, this song waxes nostalgic for a nicer, sweeter, more innocent time. What’s bothered me, though, is that I can’t quite figure out what time it is he wants back. Tim sings:

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Congratulations to Jake Owen (and writers Eric Palsay, Dylan Altman, and Terry Sawchuk) for writing a song that I just can’t hate.

Oh, sure, it bothers me that the ladies in this song are just “girls” and it really bothers me that the song talks about a REDHEAD (holla! that’s awesome) but then the video features a brunette (who is oh-so-cute trying her darndest to wakeboard like the boys, but she’s just a girl, so she CAN’T ugh), but all in all? I still love the song. So enjoy! Go have a barefoot blue jean night of your own. 

(Um also I don’t know what your screenshot for this video is, but he certainly looks like Jesus in mine! Awesome!)

There’s no one to blame for this awful logic except TSwizzle herself, since she writes it all by her lonesome. And while she’s partly right (some people are just mean, I guess), she sort of contradicts that herself, in this song. Here:

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I think Billy Currington (or Troy Jones, who wrote this particular song) needs some career counseling. I’m sure that there are people out there who are legitimately talented at mowing yards (how DO they get those different colored stripes in the grass?), but it’s not something you really have to be good at. You just do it. I know, because I’ve done it. Let’s look at all the things Billy says he’s not good at:

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Remember this song? It was on the radio a year ago or so. “Pray for You” was written by Jaron Lowenstein and Joel Brentlinger. And it’s a terrible, terrible song.

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It’s been a long Monday. I woke up on the wrong side of the bed I guess. I didn’t drink or smoke (trying to be healthy, yo) but…I DID listen to this song. Enjoy. I promise I’ll be better about posting tomorrow.

Let’s talk Taylor Swift!! Particularly her song “Love Story.” It’s…ugh. Well, there are lots of problems with it. First, the lyrics:

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