Country music tells a story in the most simplistic way. There is no need to try and analyze or decipher the lyrics, because they are so basic and pure, that all you do is listen, and enjoy. Country music has come a long way from the nasal twang of years gone by. There is a fan for every kind of music. There is still a following for those songs, and all the power to them, but the country music of today is different.
Country music is the working man's poetry.
If you think country music is still about big hair and blue eye shadow, you haven't listened to it for twenty years, and you probably think that Elton John is still wearing platforms. You're Out Doing What I'm Here Doing Without . One to put in the new bulb, and four to sing about how much they long for the old one. You get your job back, you get your house back, you get your wife back, you get your truck back. It's all about lonesome cowboys, gunfights and broken hearts.