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John Michael Montgomery has this new song "Letters From Home" that makes me cry every damn time I hear it. It's about a boy off fighting and the letters he gets from home.
My Dear Son, it is almost June,
I hope this letter catches up to you, and finds you well.
Its been dry but they're calling for rain,
And everything's the same ol'’ same in Johnsonville.
Your stubborn 'ol Daddy ain't said too much,
But I'm sure you know he sends his love,
And she goes on,
In a letter from home.
I hold it up and show my buddies,
Like we ain't scared and our boots ain't muddy, and they all laugh,
Like there's something funny bout' the way I talk,
When I say: "Mama sends her best y'all."
I fold it up an' put it in my shirt,
Pick up my gun an' get back to work.
An' it keeps me driving on,
Waiting on letters from home.
My Dearest Love, its almost dawn.
I've been lying here all night long wondering where you might be.
I saw your Mama and I showed her the ring.
Man on the television said something so I couldn't sleep.
But I'll be all right, I'm just missing you.
An' this is me kissing you:
XX's and OO's,
In a letter from home.
I hold it up and show my buddies,
Like we ain't scared and our boots ain't muddy, and they all laugh,
'Cause she calls me "Honey", but they take it hard,
'Cause I don't read the good parts.
I fold it up an' put it in my shirt,
Pick up my gun an' get back to work.
An' it keeps me driving on,
Waiting on letters from home.
Dear Son, I know I ain't written,
But sittin' here tonight, alone in the kitchen, it occurs to me,
I might not have said, so I'll say it now:
Son, you make me proud.
I hold it up and show my buddies,
Like we ain't scared and our boots ain't muddy, but no one laughs,
'Cause there ain't nothing funny when a soldier cries.
An' I just wipe me eyes.
I fold it up an' put it in my shirt,
Pick up my gun an' get back to work.
An' it keeps me driving on,
Waiting on letters from home.
Has anyone else heard this song? I'm not traditionally a JMM fan. He has that song about the little girl with the drunk dad and the drug addict mom who fight all the time and won't take her to church until, finally, the dad shoots the mom, kills himself, and she's adopted by good parents who hug her and kiss her and take her to church. I hate that song. A lot. But this new one slays me.![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
newdaydawning? You must know what I'm talking about.
The CMA's are on CBS right now. I think I missed Tim McGraw. I get the sense that he was on at the beginning of the show. I know I don't have many country music fans on my friends list but did anyone catch his performance? Is it possible that I didn't miss him?
Also. It didn't take much butstargems has fully immersed me in the love that is Sonny and Jason.
My Dear Son, it is almost June,
I hope this letter catches up to you, and finds you well.
Its been dry but they're calling for rain,
And everything's the same ol'’ same in Johnsonville.
Your stubborn 'ol Daddy ain't said too much,
But I'm sure you know he sends his love,
And she goes on,
In a letter from home.
I hold it up and show my buddies,
Like we ain't scared and our boots ain't muddy, and they all laugh,
Like there's something funny bout' the way I talk,
When I say: "Mama sends her best y'all."
I fold it up an' put it in my shirt,
Pick up my gun an' get back to work.
An' it keeps me driving on,
Waiting on letters from home.
My Dearest Love, its almost dawn.
I've been lying here all night long wondering where you might be.
I saw your Mama and I showed her the ring.
Man on the television said something so I couldn't sleep.
But I'll be all right, I'm just missing you.
An' this is me kissing you:
XX's and OO's,
In a letter from home.
I hold it up and show my buddies,
Like we ain't scared and our boots ain't muddy, and they all laugh,
'Cause she calls me "Honey", but they take it hard,
'Cause I don't read the good parts.
I fold it up an' put it in my shirt,
Pick up my gun an' get back to work.
An' it keeps me driving on,
Waiting on letters from home.
Dear Son, I know I ain't written,
But sittin' here tonight, alone in the kitchen, it occurs to me,
I might not have said, so I'll say it now:
Son, you make me proud.
I hold it up and show my buddies,
Like we ain't scared and our boots ain't muddy, but no one laughs,
'Cause there ain't nothing funny when a soldier cries.
An' I just wipe me eyes.
I fold it up an' put it in my shirt,
Pick up my gun an' get back to work.
An' it keeps me driving on,
Waiting on letters from home.
Has anyone else heard this song? I'm not traditionally a JMM fan. He has that song about the little girl with the drunk dad and the drug addict mom who fight all the time and won't take her to church until, finally, the dad shoots the mom, kills himself, and she's adopted by good parents who hug her and kiss her and take her to church. I hate that song. A lot. But this new one slays me.
newdaydawning? You must know what I'm talking about.The CMA's are on CBS right now. I think I missed Tim McGraw. I get the sense that he was on at the beginning of the show. I know I don't have many country music fans on my friends list but did anyone catch his performance? Is it possible that I didn't miss him?
Also. It didn't take much but
stargems has fully immersed me in the love that is Sonny and Jason.