I heard this song on the radio recently. It's a country western song by Rodney Atkins. It fits where I am right now. Maybe it will help someone else too:
If You're Going Through Hell(Before The Devil Even Knows)
Well you know those times When you feel like there's a sign there on your back Say's I don't mind if ya kick me Seems like everybody has Things go from bad to worse You'd think they can't get worse than that And then they do
You still walk the straight and narrow And you don't know where you are Use the needle of your compass To sew up your broken heart Ask directions from a genie In a bottle of Jim Beam And she lies to You That's when you learn the truth
If you're going through hell Keep on going, Don't slow down If you're scared, don't show it You might get out Before the devil even knows you're there
Well I been deep down in that darkness I been down to my last match Felt a hundered different demons Breathing fire down my back And I knew that if I stumbled I'd fall right into the trap that they were laying, Yeah
But the good news Is there's angels everywhere out on the street Holding out a hand to pull you back upon your feet The one's that you been dragging for so long You're on your knees You might as well be free Guess what I'm saying If you're going through hell Keep on going, Don't slow down If you're scared, don't show it You might get out Before the devil even knows you're there
Yeah, If you're going through hell Keep on moving, Face that fire Walk right through it You might get out Before the devil even knows you're there
If you're going through hell Keep on going, Don't slow down If you're scared, don't show it You might get out Before the devil even knows you're there
Yeah, If you're going through hell Keep on moving, Face that fire Walk right through it You might get out Before the devil even knows you're there Yeah you might get out Before the devil even knows you're there Yeah.
WOW! I'm thinkin after reading that, that Rodney could be a friend of Bill W, or has gotten a tip from someone who is!
His father was an alcoholic. That's what inspired the hit song "walk a little straighter (daddy)" Billy Currington
I remember looking up To look up to him And I remember most the time He wasn't there I'd be waiting at the door When he got home at night He'd pass me by to go to pass out in his chair
And I'd say Walk a little straighter daddy You're swaying side to side You're footsteps make me dizzy And no matter how I try I keep tripping and stumbling If you'd look down here you'd see Walk a little straighter daddy You're leading me
He stumbled in the gym On graduation day And I couldn't help but feel So ashamed And I wasn't surprised a bit When he didn't stay He stumbled out before they called my name
And I thought Walk a little straighter daddy You're swaying side to side It's not just me who's watching you've caught everybody's eye And you're tripping and stumbling and even though I've turned 18 Walk a little straighter daddy You're still leading me
The old mans still like he always was But I love him anyway If I've learned one thing from him Its my kids will never have to say
Walk a little straighter daddy You're swaying side to side You're footsteps make me dizzy And no matter how I try I keep tripping and stumbling if you'd look down here you'd see Walk a little straighter daddy You're leading me
Yeah walk a little straighter daddy You're leading me
-- Edited by Doll at 09:53, 2006-07-28
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I'm glad y'all liked it! Nothing can jerk your tears quite like a country song. That "Walk a little Straighter Daddy" song makes me tear up every time I hear it. Haven't heard it in awhile though.
Another song that makes me cry is called "Don't Laugh at Me." It's heartbreaking.
I'm a little boy with glasses, the one they call a geek a little girl who never smiles cuz I got braces on my teeth and I know how it feels to cry myself to sleep
I'm that kid on every playground who is always chosen last a single teenage mother tryin to overcome her past You don't have to be my friend if it's too much to ask
Don't laugh at me, don't call me names Don't get your pleasure from my pain In God's eyes we're all the same some day we'll all have perfect Wings Don't laugh at me
I'm a cripple on the corner You pass me on the street I wouldn't be out here begging if I had enough to eat and don't think I don't notice that our eyes never meet
I lost my wife and little boy somewhere down that yellow line The day we laid 'em in the ground was the day I lost my mind Right now I'm down to holdin this little cardboard sign
Don't laugh at me, Don't call me names Don't get your pleasure from my pain In God's eyes we're all the same Someday we'll all have perfect wings Don't laugh at me
I'm Fat, I'm thin..I'm Short, I'm tall..I'm deaf.. I'm blind Hey aren't we all Don't laugh at me...... Don't call me names Don't get your pleasure from my pain In God's eyes we're all the same Someday we'll all have perfect wings Don't laugh at me
That "Walk a little Straighter Daddy" song makes me tear up every time I hear it. Haven't heard it in awhile though.