Wide Open Spaces

I don't like country music, but I have two country CDs that I just love--Deana Carter's Did I Shave My Legs for This?



... and the Dixie Chicks' Wide Open Spaces. I don't know how many people bash them because they don't like Bush and are against the war. I like them. I'm listening to them as I type this.

I especially like the fat one in the middle!

And I like the lyrics to "Am I the Only One?"

There is no good reason
I should have to be so alone
I'm smothered by this emptiness
Lord I wish I was made of stone
Like a fool I lent my soul to love
And it paid me back in change
God help me am I the only one
Who's ever felt this way?
A heart that's worn and weathered
Would know better than to fight
But I wore mine like a weapon
Played out love like a crime
And it wrung me out and strung me out
And it hung years on my face
God help me, am I the only
Who's ever felt this way?
Now my sense of humor needs a break
I see a shadow in the mirror
And she's laughin' through her tears
One more smile's all I can fake
There is a wound inside me
And it's bleeding like a flood
There are times when I see a light ahead
Hope is not enough
As another night surrounds me
And it pounds me like a wave
God help me, am I the only only one
Who's ever felt this way?

posted by Bob Wallace , who does the Chubby Girl Dance every chance he gets.