tags by j-erin: #I don't listen to country music #but I might if more was like this
okay then it is rec list time! (you will notice that few if any of these have a year of publication that begins with a 2, because fucking Toby Keith and Alan Jackson and their fucking 9/11 songs changed the entire genre.)
Johnny Cash, "Man In Black"
I wear the black for the poor and the beaten down
Living in the hopeless, hungry side of town
I wear it for the prisoner who has long paid for his crime
But is there because he's a victim of the time
Reba McEntire, "The Night That The Lights Went Out In Georgia"
That's the night that the lights went out in Georgia
That's the night that they hung an innocent man
Well, don't trust your soul to no backwoods Southern lawyer
'Cause the judge in the town's got bloodstains on his hands
Carrie Underwood, "Two Black Cadillacs"
Two black Cadillacs driving in a slow parade
Headlights shining bright in the middle of the day
The other for the woman who loved him at night
Two black Cadillacs meeting for the first time
Alabama, "Five O'Clock 500"
It's that five o'clock 500, and I run it every day
Pick-up trucks, cars and buses, all in my way
We've got Darrel, we got Dale
Richard, Mark, Rusty and Jeff
Oh, the boss just dropped the green, we're on our way
It's that five o'clock 500 every day
Charlie Daniels, "The Devil Went Down to Georgia"
Johnny, rosin up your bow and play your fiddle hard
'Cause Hell's broke loose in Georgia and the Devil deals the cards
And if you win you get this shiny fiddle made of gold
But if you lose the devil gets your soul
"Sixteen Tons", originally by Merle Travis; this cover is by Southern Raised; see also covers by Tennessee Ernie Ford, Johnny Cash, Geoff Castellucci, and LeAnn Rimes and the Gay Men's Chorus of Los Angeles
You load sixteen tons, what do you get?
Another day older and deeper in debt
Saint Peter don't you call me, 'cause I can't go
I owe my soul to the company store
9 to 5, yeah, they got you where they want you
There's a better life and you think about it don't you
It's a rich man's game no matter what they call it
And you spend your life putting money in his wallet
Trisha Yearwood, "XXX’s and OOO’s (An American Girl)"
Phone rings baby cries TV diet guru lies
Go to work make up try to keep the balance up
Martina McBride, "Independence Day"
Well she lit up the sky that fourth of July
By the time that the firemen come
They just put out the flames and took down some names
And sent me to the county home
Now, I ain't sayin' it's right or it's wrong
But maybe it's the only way
Talk about your revolution
Shania Twain, "Man! I Feel Like A Woman"
Gonna let it all hang out
Yeah, I wanna scream and shout
I ain't gonna act politically correct
I only wanna have a good time
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