Tuesday, February 9, 2010

Country Music and Love

As I understand it, the songs listed below are all actual titles/lines from country music songs. It may explain why Valentine's Day creates such stress and confusion in relationships. They may have also contributed to the confusion about what love really is supposed to look like. The Bible defines love this way (you can compare this with the country music versions):

Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. Love never fails. (1 Corinthians 13:4-8).

That's what real love is supposed to look like in all our relationships. Here's the other side of the story:

All I Want From You (Is Away)
All My Exes Live in Texas
Heaven's Just a Sin Away
How Can I Miss You if You Won't Go Away?
How Come Your Dog Don't Bite Nobody but Me?
I Bought the Shoes That Just
Walked Out on Me
I Got Tears in My Ears From Lying on My Bed Crying on My Pillow Over You
I Keep Forgettin' I Forgot About You
I'd Rather Pass Another Kidney Stone
Than Another Night With You
If the Jukebox Took Teardrops
If the Phone Doesn't Ring, It's Me
If You Leave Me, Can I Come Too?
I've Been Flushed From the Bathroom of Your Heart
My Wife Ran Off With My Best Friend and I Sure Do Miss Him
Shut Up and Talk to Me
Thank God and Greyhound She's Gone
There's a Tear in My Beer
Your Negligee Has Turned to Flannel Nightgowns
You're a Hard Dog to Keep Under the Porch
You're Going to Ruin My Bad Reputation
You're the Reason Our Kids Are So Ugly



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