Young plants a unique message in his second verse, defining how country roots form a bedrock to fall back on after disaster before lifting you up again, “It’s the only reason that I survived, every breakup and every party, it’s the soundtrack to my life, it runs deep in my DNA.”Ĥ.

This is an anthem for anyone whose innate love for country music was passed down through the generations, shamelessly amplifying their Southern heart and attitude, “Got a little southern drawl in my talk… Got some Tennessee in my whiskey… I was raised on Merle, raised on Willie… Daddy did too, it’s family tradition… ‘Cause if you know me I was raised on country.”

Lambert’s most profound sentiment is her story of a father building his wife her dream house from scratch, adding a second layer of depth to her title: a person can raise a house from the ground up but equally, a house can raise a person.Ĭhris Young’s 2019 release, Raised On Country, is a warm and upbeat country track with a pure pop-rock vibe. “Up those stairs, in that little back bedroom, is where I did my homework and I learned to play guitar, and I bet you didn’t know under that live oak, my favourite dog is buried in the yard.”

Padded with an atmospheric acoustic ambience, Lambert’s lyrics follow the narrator retreading their first steps, revealing secrets about their old-home which the current owners would never have discovered It’s a rare and strange experience to return as an adult to the house you grew up in a concept Lambert tackles in her signature, beautiful fashion. Miranda Lambert – The House That Built MeĬountry superstar Miranda Lambert’s single, The House That Built Me, is grounded in nostalgia for your childhood home. Funny how it feels I’m just getting to my best years yet, the older I get … The older I get, the longer I pray, I don’t know why, I guess that I’ve got more to say, and the older I get, the more thankful I feel for the life I’ve had and all the life I’m living still.”Ģ. The Older I Get is crafted from the perspective of an older adult looking back on the lessons learned in his lifetime of endless experience and growth.Ī plethora of wisdom is embedded within Jackson’s verses, such as the significance of living in the moment and navigating tumultuous relationships.īut Jackson’s most inspiring messages are found within his chorus and final verse: “If they found a fountain of youth, I wouldn’t drink a drop and that’s the truth. But I'm so glad that I'm here.Being the country legend he is, it’s not surprising that Alan Jackson’s discography bears a breathtaking track about growing up.

the juxtaposition of just kind of getting older and looking back at your life and going, never, in a million years, thought I would be where I am. And that's just kind of life these days. I remember, even yesterday, I was driving in downtown Nashville, looking at these pedal taverns and these party buses with people just screaming, and I was like, 'Man, if I was 19 years old, I'd probably be right there with them.' And now I'm like, but I'm not - I'm, you know, driving a minivan and taking my kids back home. And I think a lot of my fan base has kind of been with me since I was, like, 19, and I think a lot of people relate to that song because we can all go back to our 19-year-old selves and remember how dumb we were, and all of a sudden, you're 25, married, with three kids, and you've got to grow up - you're forced to. I noticed, every few years, there's certain things in my lifestyle that changes, and they just kind of remind me of like, man, you are just, every year, growing up and wising up and maturing a little bit. I'm still the kid I was, just a little less Jack in my cup.

That's kind of where the inspiration of that song came from, especially that first line. You are, like, wearing the front swaddle now with your kid on the beach - you have officially moved into a different level of dad-ness.' It's just like, every few years, there's, like, little dad-isms inside of me, where I wake up and I'm like, 'Gosh, dude, you're getting old. Man, you know, as many things I would love to tell my 19-year-old self, I probably wouldn't tell him, because then he wouldn't make the mistakes that he should have made to to come on the other side of those victorious.īut, that song, I'd had that title in my phone for a while, and I wrote that song with a few of my buddies out on the road. Below, he shares the story behind 'Growing Up,' in his own words. Rhett co-wrote the song with Matt Dragstrem, Josh Miller and Josh Thompson while out on the road.

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