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In which I will give country music a chance to redeem itself:

well you can call it fate
or destiny
sometimes it really
seems like
it’s a mystery
cause you can be hurt by love
or healed by the same
timing is everything

Garrett Hedlund "Timing is Everything"


You, with your switching sides,
And your wildfire lies and your humiliation
You, have pointed out my flaws again,
As if I don’t already see them.

Taylor Swift "Mean"


I know they say you can’t go home again
I just had to come back one last time
Ma’am I know you don’t know me from Adam
But these handprints on the front steps are mine

Up those stairs in that little back bedroom
Is where I did my homework and I learned to play guitar
I bet you didn’t know under that live oak
My favorite dog is buried in the yard

I thought if I could touch this place or feel it
This brokenness inside me might start healing
Out here it’s like I’m someone else
I thought that maybe I could find myself

If I could just come in I swear I’ll leave
Won’t take nothing but a memory
From the house that built me.

Miranda Lambert "The House That Built Me"

I've decided that there's some good country music out there. We've managed to find music to listen to in the car without resorting to insanity-inducing "children's" music. Win!