Run Him Out

Travis Tritt once wrote a song called “Strong Enough to Be Your Man,” as a response to Sheryl Crow’s–

Wait.  Just guess.  You know this, right?

“Strong Enough.”
Which, of course, poses the question, “Are you strong enough to be my man?”

I know.  It was a tough one.

Well, I just pulled the same stunt, friends.

I was listening to the radio when King George began crooning through those tiny little speakers, “All my exes live in Texas…”

And at first I did what I always do when I hear this song, I started two-stepping around the room with my imaginary two-stepping partner.  That song is so good for two-stepping and acting silly.

But then I thought, wait, what about all of those poor women in Texas?  What did he do to them that was SO TERRIBLE that they RAN HIM OUT?

Another side of this story needed to be told, I figured.

And so I wrote the other side of the story.

Now, I have a confession to make.  I’ve never set foot on Texas soil.  I may not have been terribly qualified to write this particular song based on that point.  However, I have been listening to lots of Texas girl Miranda Lambert lately, so I figured I could channel the right attitude and come up with a pretty decent little song.

Y’all, I just love it.

It’s a song that is SO unlike me.  I can’t say it’s terribly original, but it’s not like anything else I’ve ever written, so in that, it’s totally unique.  I’m excited to hear somebody play a little steel guitar with it, is what I’m saying.

Do you know anyone who plays steel guitar?