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 Watching the CMAs last week, I was reminded once again of how much country music has veered off the authentic traditional course. It is far more like pop and rap these days. So, I guess you might say country music has gone up town…I liked it better when it was country.
I guess there were a few good songs recognized at the CMAs. For the most part, they all sounded and were performed very much alike. Cookie Cutter is what I saw and heard. Shania Twain presented the Entertainer of the Year award to Kenny Chesney. It saddens me to think of what these last several months have put her through. But she is still the epitome of grace and beauty….a real class act. But somehow, you could still see the pain.
These two songs, "Without A Song" and "Out of the Wind" are nothing like I heard on the CMAs, but I'll share them anyway. "Out of the Wind" is a song most rurally raised people will relate to in some way. We all remember our moms cautioning us to, "Wrap up and keep warm" don't we? And I was very happy when a recovering cancer patient friend said she, "Basked in that song". Growing up in the country meant going bare foot in the good old summer time . But shoes would not have been a bad idea to wear in the barns where there could have been dangers.
Out Of The Wind
DIGITAL MUSIC FILE
Wrap up your neck and stay out of the wind
It’s cold and can make your throat sore
And I don’t want my baby girl to get sick
Honey, that’s what your buttons are for
When I stepped on that old rusty nail in the barn
Shoes were for school in the fall
It’s a thousand and ten wonders we didn’t die
With only iodine and alcohol
Wrap up your foot and stay out of the dirt
Watch out for red streaks running north
A sign an infection’s heading straight for your heart
Honey, that’s what your bandage is for
Chorus:
Buttons and bandages, small disadvantages
Keeping me safe, well and warm
Anything it would take, do or say for my sake
She loved from the day I was born
When first puppy love broke my young heart in two
I thought my world had ended for sure
But it didn’t take too long to mend like she said
Honey, that’s just what young hearts are for
They break and the mend and you’ll find there’s no end
To this Ferris wheel ride you are on
Up and down love makes the world go around
Honey, now and long after we’re gone.
Now when the clouds of life pour out the rain
Chances don’t knock at your door
When it looks like the wind has deserted your sail
Honey, that’s just what your faith is for
We bend and we break and we all get our share
Of heart ache and sometimes even more
If you’ve been short changed, life’s scale’s not the same
Honey that’s what forgiveness is for
Wrap up your neck and stay out of the wind
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