Saturday, February 21, 2009

Travis Tritt - Foolish Pride

Travis Tritt combines rocking/outlaw with classic country roots, and has had more than 30 songs on the Billboard Hot Country chart. Today's Saturday Redneck is a counterpoint to last week's mad passion valentine's day song.

One of the things I like about Country music is that it deals with a broader range of emotions and situations that rock and roll. Sure, there's rebellion and defiance, but also love and tenderness. Country is filled with songs about foolish pride, which should be a lesson for us all.

<a href="http://www.joost.com/08200aa/t/Travis-Tritt-Foolish-Pride-Single-Version-Video-Version">Travis Tritt - Foolish Pride (Single Version) (Video Version)</a>

Foolish Pride (Songwriter: Tritt)
She stayed up all night and cried into her pillow
And fought off the urge to just break down and call
Last night to find the fault seemed so darn easy
But now whose to blame don't matter much at all
She thinks if she calls him it just shows weakness
So the hurt goes on with every tear she's cried
Ain't it sad to see a good love fall to pieces
Chalk another heartbreak up to foolish pride

Turn out the lights the competition's over
The stubborn souls are the losers here tonight
And while the bridges burn, another hard-hard lesson's learned
As through the ashes passion slowly dies
And this romance goes down to foolish pride

He relives every word they spoke in anger
He walks the floor and punches out the wall
To apologize to her would be so simple
But instead he cries I'll be damned if I'll crawl
If he loses her he's lost his best friend
And that's more then just a lover can provide
So he wrestles with emotions that defeat him
Chalk another love lost up to foolish pride

Turn out the lights the competition's over
The stubborn souls are the losers here tonight
And while the bridges burn, another hard-hard lesson's learned
As through the ashes passion slowly dies
And this romance goes down to foolish pride

Chalk another heartbreak up to foolish pride

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