Country Music

I was listening to the CMT country countdown this morning on the radio and found a new song that really resonates with me. It's called, "Find Out Who Your Friends Are" by Tracey Lawrence. Here are the lyrics:

 

Run your car off the side of the road
Get stuck in a ditch way out in the middle of nowhere
Or get yourself in a bind,
Lose the shirt off your back,
Need a floor, need a couch, need a bus fare…

This is where the rubber meets the road
This is where the cream is gonna rise
This is where this is what you really didn't know
This is where the truth don't lie
 

Chorus

Find out who your friends are
Somebody's gonna drop everything
Run out and crank up their car
Hit the gas, get there fast
Never stop to think "what's in it for me?"
Or "it's way too far"
They just show on up
With their big ol' heart
Yeah find out who your friends are.

Everybody wants to slap your back
Wants to shake your hand
When you're up on top of that mountain
Then one of those rocks will get wet
And you slide back down
Look up and see who's around then

This is where the road comes to an end
This is where the band wagon stops
This is just one of those times when
A lotta folks jump off.

Chorus

When the water's high
When the weather's not so fair
When the well runs dry
Who's gonna be there?

Chorus

Run your car off the side of the road
Get stuck in a ditch way out in the middle of nowhere
Man I been there
Or get yourself in a bind
Lose the shirt off your back
Need a floor, need a couch
Need a bus fare…
Man I been there
Man I been there…

 

 

So I guess I haven't ever run my car off the side of the road and into a ditch, but I have been stuck at Union station trying to get to the airport, been stranded at the airport without a way to get home, missed class and a lot of notes, and lots more. Luckily I can say I KNOW who my friends are.