Notes from the Drive: Country Music

(Written Saturday, May 24 at 11:41 PM in our little mountain cabin; to be posted once we get a web connection.)

There is a stretch between Bennettesville, SC and Asheboro, NC where radio stations are few and far between. I managed to pick up a couple of country stations (not my usual talk or classic rock) and found some lyrics I really liked (note: right now, I don't have the connection to look up names or correct any mistakes in my memory -- I think I'll leave the posts as they are being written.)

Song one -- chorus:

If you're goin' thru Hell, keep on goin'
Don't look back -- if you're scared, don't show it
You might get out
Before the Devil even knows you're there.

From song two's chorus:

And he bowed his head to Jesus
and he stood for Uncle Sam
He only loved one women
Always proud of what 'e had
[He] said his greatest contribution
is the ones he'd leave behind
Raised on the ways and gentle kindness
of a small town southern man.

Song two reminds me of my Dad.

The songs I write tend to be countrified -- I'm not really sure why I don't listen to those stations more often.