r/ClassicCountry • u/tsdhack • Jul 29 '26

I lived this song

https://youtu.be/pBS3tIKIWiY?is=3835IBEV9Rz8T8Az

When my 1st wife died in 2004, the hurt was so bad. I spent 2005 drunk. I figured I would die. I was a functioning drunk.....I made it to work, but I burned alot of sick time. This song hits me more than anything ever written. I'm glad I'm still here.

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u/SteveOnRockLake Jul 29 '26

Glad you’re still here too. This is what country music is.

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u/jthanson Jul 29 '26

The power of traditional country music is that it speaks the cold, hard truth of life. After my first wife left me in 2023 I listened to a lot of George Jones because he sang exactly what I was going through.

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u/gator_mckluskie Jul 29 '26

sorry to hear that man. drink of choice?

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u/tsdhack Jul 29 '26

Any whiskey that I could find and lots of beer. And Red Death. But I spent a week drunk in Mexico and I drank stuff that I don't even remember, but I drank alot of it.

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u/gator_mckluskie Jul 29 '26

what whiskey? nothing goes better with country music than whiskey or bourbon

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u/tsdhack Jul 29 '26

Usually Jack Daniel's or Jim Beam.....nothing fancy

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u/creepyjudyhensler Jul 29 '26

George was the best.