Thursday, May 19, 2011

She's Got It All - Kenny Chesney

Artist: Kenny Chesney
Song: She's Got It All
Year: 1997
Album: I Will Stand

Country has gone pop. There really isn't much "true" country music anymore. In an age where throwaway bubblegum pop is disguised as country music (I'm looking at you, Taylor Swift), very few artists sound like anything close to what country music actually is. I blame the popularity of Garth Brooks as the main reason for this downturn.

Most artists think that if they put a steel guitar and a fiddle in a song and speak with a southern accent, that they have made a country song. It's not that simple, so many of today's "country" artists throw on a cowboy hat and wear boots to try to fool people into buying into the new country standard. There's nothing wrong with the music, it's just not country, in my opinion.

Kenny Chesney is one of the few artists that actually seems to respect the history of country. His music is still pop, but it does retain some of the hallmarks of what made country music great in the past. That's pretty good, in an era where disposable music is all the rage in this genre.

Lyrics:
She’s got every quality
From A all the way to Z
It’s easy to see she’s the perfect girl

She’s got every single thing
That makes up my wildest dreams
Somtimes I still can’t quite believe she’s holding me 'cause

She’s got it all my heart my soul my wishes
All of my love my hugs my kisses
Everything that means anything at all
All of my life I spent hopin’
I could give someone such devotion
Every sweet memory I can recall
She got it all

You know that I admitt
That someone to love like this
Only existed in my prayer
Until I saw her face
I knew I found the place
Where I could keep every faith eternally 'cause

She’s got it all my heart my soul my wishes
All of my love my hugs my kisses
Everything that means anything at all
All of my life I spent hopin’
I could give someone such devotion
Every sweet memory I can recall
She got it all

All of my life iI spent hopin'
I could give someone such devotion
Every sweet memory I can recall

All of my heart my soul my wishes
All of my love my hugs my kisses
Every sweet memory I can recall
She got it all

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