Troubadour ( song ) - Wikipedia Troubadour ( song ) `` Troubadour '' Single by George Strait from the album Troubadour Released June 2, 2008 Format CD Single Genre Country Length 2 : 56 Label MCA Nashville Songwriter ( s ) Leslie Satcher Monty Holmes Producer ( s ) Tony Brown George Strait George Strait singles chronology `` I Saw God Today '' ( 2008 ) `` Troubadour '' ( 2008 ) `` River of Love '' ( 2008 ) `` I Saw God Today '' ( 2008 ) `` Troubadour '' ( 2008 ) `` River of Love '' ( 2008 ) Music video `` Troubadour '' at CMT.com `` Troubadour '' is a song written by Leslie Satcher and Monty Holmes, and recorded by American country singer George Strait. It was released in June 2008 as the second single and title track from his album Troubadour. The song was the 86th chart single of his career. It has become his 79th Top Ten single on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart. The song is part of the track list for Now That 's What I Call Country Volume 2. Contents 1 Content 2 Commercial performance 3 Music video 4 Chart positions 4.1 Year - end charts 5 References 6 External links Content The song is a ballad in which the narrator reflects on his life as a troubadour, feeling that he is content with what he has accomplished ( `` I was a young troubadour when I rode in on a song / I 'll be an old troubadour when I 'm gone '' ). Commercial performance The song reached No. 7 on Billboard 's Hot Country Songs and Country Airplay for charts dated September 27, 2008. The song was certified Gold by the RIAA on July 15, 2011, and has sold 949,000 copies in the United States as of November 2016. Music video In August 2008, Strait released a music video for the song. Directed by Trey Fanjoy, and edited by Scott Mele, the song 's video alternates between footage of him singing, and shots of archived photos from various points in his career. This is his first music video since 2006 's `` The Seashores of Old Mexico '', which Fanjoy also directed. Chart positions Chart ( 2008 ) Peak position US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard ) 7 US Billboard Hot 100 54 Canada ( Canadian Hot 100 ) 74 Year - end charts Chart ( 2008 ) Position US Country Songs ( Billboard ) 34 References Jump up ^ Vercher, Brady ( 2008 - 06 - 03 ). `` George Strait - `` Troubadour '' ``. Engine 145. Retrieved 2008 - 07 - 07. Jump up ^ `` Hot Country Songs ''. Billboard. September 27, 2008. Jump up ^ `` Hot Country Songs ''. Billboard. September 27, 2008. Jump up ^ `` American single certifications -- George Strait -- Troubadour ''. Recording Industry Association of America. If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Single, then click SEARCH Jump up ^ Bjorke, Matt ( November 8, 2016 ). `` Top 30 Digital Singles Sales Report : November 8, 2016 ''. Roughstock. Jump up ^ `` George Strait Chart History ( Hot Country Songs ) ''. Billboard. Jump up ^ `` George Strait Chart History ( Hot 100 ) ''. Billboard. Jump up ^ `` George Strait Chart History ( Canadian Hot 100 ) ''. Billboard. Jump up ^ `` Best of 2008 : Country Songs ''. Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. 2008. Retrieved December 13, 2008. External links Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics George Strait 2000s - 2010s singles Latest Greatest Straitest Hits `` The Best Day '' George Strait `` Go On '' `` Do n't Make Me Come Over There and Love You '' `` If You Can Do Anything Else '' The Road Less Traveled `` Run '' `` Living and Living Well '' `` She 'll Leave You with a Smile '' Honkytonkville `` Tell Me Something Bad About Tulsa '' `` Cowboys Like Us '' `` Desperately '' 50 Number Ones `` I Hate Everything '' Somewhere Down in Texas `` You 'll Be There '' `` She Let Herself Go '' `` The Seashores of Old Mexico '' It Just Comes Natural `` Give It Away '' `` It Just Comes Natural '' `` Wrapped '' `` How ' bout Them Cowgirls '' Troubadour `` I Saw God Today '' `` Troubadour '' `` River of Love '' Twang `` Living for the Night '' `` Twang '' `` I Gotta Get to You '' `` The Breath You Take '' Here for a Good Time `` Here for a Good Time '' `` Love 's Gonna Make It Alright '' `` Drinkin ' Man '' Love Is Everything `` Give It All We Got Tonight '' `` I Believe '' `` I Got a Car '' Cold Beer Conversation `` Let It Go '' `` Cold Beer Conversation '' `` Goin ' Goin ' Gone '' Other songs `` Murder on Music Row '' ( w / Alan Jackson ) `` Designated Drinker '' ( w / Alan Jackson ) `` Hey, Good Lookin ' '' ( w / Jimmy Buffett, Clint Black, Kenny Chesney, Alan Jackson and Toby Keith ) `` Shiftwork '' ( w / Kenny Chesney ) `` Everybody Wants to Go to Heaven '' This 2000s country song - related article is a stub. 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Question: what does troubadour mean in george strait song
Answer: the narrator reflects on his life as a troubadour, feeling that he is content with what he has accomplished