I'm Goin' Home, Gonna Load My Shotgun

One of the things about driving around Southwestern USA is that because I don't have an aux wire to connect my Zen to the car stereo, the only music we have comes from the radio. And in this neck of the woods, all you can get on the radio is.... country music...alas... and now secretly I'm becoming a bit of a fan... what's happening to me?  The other day we found a station that played a bit of pop music, and I was secretly glad when we drove out of the area and lost the signal... and picked up KRST again...!

Now the thing about country music, as far as I can make out, after my 6 straight days of it, is basically that they sing songs about everyday life on one of a few, salient topics:

1. Trucks (and / or tractors). 2. Guns. 3. The Interstate. 4. Women.

Of course, the best songs combine these topics... so anything about trucks and women is practically guaranteed to be a chart topper.

Having heard these songs several days running, obviously we've heard some more often than others. So here's my top five, um, favourites (bear in mind that they don't usually announce the titles, so I've had to come up with them based on the hook):

5. She Thinks My Truck's Sexy 4. Waiting on a Woman 3. Put a Girl In It 2. My Give-A-Damn's Busted and my personal favourite: 1. I'm Goin' Home, Gonna Load My Shotgun

I mean, how's these for classic country lyrics - they're actually quite clever:

County road 233, under my feet Nothin' on this white rock but little ole me I've got two miles till, he makes bail And if I'm right we're headed straight for hell Chorus: I'm goin' home, gonna load my shotgun Wait by the door and light a cigarette If he wants a fight well now he's got one And he ain't seen me crazy yet He slapped my face and he shook me like a rag doll Don't that sound like a real man I'm going to show him what a little girls made of Gunpowder and lead It's half past ten, another six pack in And I can feel the rumble like a cold black wind He pulls in the drive, the gravel flies He don't know what's waiting here this time I'm goin' home, gonna load my shotgun Wait by the door and light a cigarette If he wants a fight well now he's got one And he ain't seen me crazy yet He slapped my face and he shook me like a rag doll Don't that sound like a real man I'm going to show him what a little girls made of Gunpowder and lead His fist is big but my gun's bigger He'll find out when I pull the trigger I'm goin' home, gonna load my shotgun Wait by the door and light a cigarette If he wants a fight well now he's got one And he ain't seen me crazy yet He slapped my face and he shook me like a rag doll Don't that sound like a real man I'm going to show him what a little girls made of Gunpowder and, Gunpowder and lead Classic, eh?  The tune was really quite catchy and I laughed the first time I heard that one!

But my real favourite was one called "Good Time". The only problem was, we heard it several times one day, and we haven't heard it since! Come on KRST, how about a "Good Time"?

Here's some youtube videos I found of my favourites...

Allan Jackson "Good Time"

Miranda Lambert "Gunpowder and Lead" (aka I'm goin home gonna load my shotgun)