
A place in the clouds, a foundation of stone.” The young woman who graduates “needs wide open spaces. This song asks, “Who's never left home, who's never struck out. Thus, it makes it a very suitable country song for graduation day for the graduate. The song, Wide Open Spaces, by the Dixie Checks, is about someone who’s about to leave the nest and spreading their wings to take flight. That doesn’t mean being disconnected from a parent’s help when it’s needed, as where the mother’s says, “Before you hit the highway, You better stop for gas, There’s a fifty in the ashtray, In case you run short of cash,” and relating to her daughter’s path, “Here’s a map, and here’s a Bible, If you ever lose your way,” and in closing, “make sure you tell daddy.
GIRL COUNTRY SONGS ABOUT GROWING UP FREE
Not that they ever break free from their family, but they are now an adult and they’re ready to enter the world as one. They sing, “I hope the days come easy and the moments pass slow, And each road leads you where you wanna go,” and as if a parent is giving a graduate advice, sings “And if you're faced with a choice, and you have to choose, I hope you choose the one that means the most to you, And if one door opens to another door closed, I hope you keep on walkin' till you find the window.” This may be the wish for every parent, that their child’s “dreams stay big,” but “your worries stay small.” What more could you desire for a graduate than this? Don’t Forget to Remember by Carrie Underwoodĭon’t Forget to Remember, by Carrie Underwood, is a description of a mother saying goodbye to her daughter, and as they “Both tryin’ not to cry…she took my hand and said, ‘Baby, don’t forget to remember me.” A parent’s job is to prepare their children for a future and to live a life of independence from the family. My Wish, sang by Rascal Flatts, is a powerful song about the future, because that’s what graduation day is all about. Kinda happy, kinda sad.” Life sounds a lot like a roller coaster because there’s a lot of “Kinda happy, kinda sad,” sort of up and sort of down. We laughed until we cried.” What friend can’t identify with the former days as being, “Every emotion rolled into one.

We sang, and talked, and traveled back in time. We laughed until we cried,” saying “Oh man, we were livin'. In looking back, they remember, “We talked, and drank, and danced, and said goodbye. The song, Laughed Until we Cried, by Jason Aldean, is like someone who’s arrived at a destination (adulthood) and is reminiscing about all the stops along the journey. Turning into moms and dads next thing you know your “better half.” Life is like a vapor it’s a morning mist, quickly burned away by the sun, and then it’s gone, so “Don’t blink.” Laughed Until we Cried by Jason Aldean Wake up and you're twenty-five and your high school sweetheart becomes your wife.” The lesson is, don’t blink, because “You just might miss your babies growing like mine did. In seeing a news story about a man turning one hundred and two year’s old, the man said that the key to a long life is “don’t blink,” because, “Just like that you're six years old and you take a nap and you. That’s what it must seem like to the parents of a graduate and certainly school must now be seen to be the same way for the graduates. It seems that life goes by in the blink of an eye. When people drove through town, we’d say, “Don’t blink, or you’ll miss it.” That’s the idea behind this song from Kenny Chesney.

They're perfect to listen to while working outside, hosting friends and family for a party at your own farmhouse or barn, or on a farm-focused road trip to check out the country's best pumpkin farms, prettiest sunflower fields, and most charming Christmas tree farms.Don’t Blink, by Kenny Chesney, reminds me of what people used to say about the small town I grew up in. If you're looking for more country tunes to add to your playlist, be sure to checkout our lists of summer country songs, country love songs, and country beach songs. There are somber ballads about the difficulties of modern farming and upbeat tunes about the simple joy of riding a tractor through the fields. We've rounded up the best songs about farming, from early hits like John Denver's "Thank God I'm a Country Boy" to more recent recordings, like Travis Tritt's must-see live performance of "Where Corn Don't Grow," at The Franklin Theatre in Tennessee. Others praise the natural beauty of life on the farm, while some simply admire the hard work and grit it takes to be a farmer. Many country artists, like Luke Bryan, grew up on a farm and draw musical inspiration from first-hand experience tending the land. Country music and farming have always gone hand-in-hand.
