New Video / Ashley McBryde / "Martha Divine"

Pulp Fiction Country Reaction Gifs

*foul language warning*

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When "Take Me Back to Tulsa" comes on

If he's a Kane Brown fan, the answer is no

When somebody asks if I've heard Tyler Childers' music

Insert your own problematic joke about some male pop-country singer being a chick:

When you find out your friend owns the first three Rascal Flatts albums

♫ ♬ Tell St Peter at the Golden Gate 

That you hate to make him wait

But you just gotta have another cigarette ♫ ♬

I was told this country radio station would be playing "Only the best country"

If you play that new Tim McGraw song around me

Possessed by Paul James is Back and Thankfully So

By Robert Dean

Do you remember those old ads for Miller beer where they used the old idiom, “pure as the driven snow?” The tagline was meant to offer a sense of balance, provability, that no matter what, this beer was something you could count on as a taste of humility, of home – no matter where you were. A lot of people bought those beers and toasted in dives or over campfires. If there was an artist who elicits that sensibility, that ode to “home” as a function of being rather than a tangible object, it’s Possessed by Paul James. 

For years now, it’s escaped me how Possessed by Paul James isn’t a household name. He’s one of those artists who does what the Avett Brothers or even The Devil Makes Three does, but with a sense of darkness that’s palpable, infectious, but always feel believable, feels true. 

Back in 2013, his record, There Will Be Nights When I’m Lonely, scored major critical points gaining praise from outlets like NPR, The New York Times, CMT, and MTV, it even reached the Billboards.

On his new record, As We Go Wandering, PBPJ doesn’t stray from the path, it’s his classic sound complete with odes to moving forward through the fires of our personal lives, but also how to be a better human despite it all. With his day gig being a Special Education teacher, Konrad Wert, as he’s known in professional circles, is a champion for justice in education, and it’s no question these batch of songs reflect that quality. There are moments of hope, despair, and longing to see humanity through a lens that isn’t hateful or ugly, which is something we can all arm ourselves within 2020 and moving forward. If Possessed by Paul James is a symbol of the positivity that could linger through the ether this year, let’s get behind him, the record, and that feeling. God knows we need it more than ever. 

As We Go Wandering will be available wherever the good stuff is found on January 31.

Tim McGraw's 15 Cringiest Lyrics

I know he didn't write these, but he picked all of the songs to record,

so there must be an issue with his discernment.

They all gather 'round my teepee

Late at night tryin' to catch a peek at me

In nothin' but my buffalo briefs

I got 'em standin' in line

“Indian Outlaw”

Farmer Johnson's daughters just pulled up in a Jeep

Man he knows how to grow 'em if ya know what I mean

"Down on the Farm"

Then you

Flipped the switch on my dumaflache

Played my piano like Liberace

"You Turn Me On"

She sits quietly there

Like water in a jar

"She's My Kind of Rain"

Back when a hoe was a hoe

Coke was a coke

And crack's what you were doing

When you were cracking jokes

Back when a screw was a screw

The wind was all that blew

And when you said I'm down with that

Well it meant you had the flu

"Back When"

I hope you both choke on a pickle

Man that would tickle me to death

"Do You Want Fries With That?"

Everybody say "Ha Ha Ha, Ha Ha Ha"

My friends are always giving me

Watches, hats, and wine

"Last Dollar (Fly Away)"

I spent fifteen hundred dollars on your damn dog's collar 

Put new spinners on your Escalade

"It's a Business Doing Pleasure With You"

She ordered us a drink

It was a purple kind of pink

She said it’s got a shot of a little bit of everything

Mellow yellow umbrella for a fella like me

"Felt Good on My Lips"

Chillin' in the back room

Hangin' with my whole crew

Sippin' on a cold brew, hey now!

"Truck Yeah"

Truck Yeah

Wanna get it jacked up yeah

Let's crank it on up yeah

"Truck Yeah"

I'm in a mexicoma

My my my my my my mexicoma

"Mexicoma"

That girl, she's a party all-nighter,

A little "Funky Cold Medina," little "Strawberry Wine"-er,

That girl, she's a love gunslinger, neon jägerbomb country-okie singer

"Lookin' For That Girl"

That girl she's a sugar sweet drive-by

Hold my dreams in her blue jeans, oh my

"Lookin' For That Girl"

I'm talkin' way outside with the crickets and the dogs and the ye'haws, and the grandmas

Come on, y'all know what I'm talking about

Put your mouth to the spout where the gospel comes out

Way down, way down, way down, way down, way down, way down, way down

"Way Down"

Brandy Clark / "Who You Thought I Was" / AmericanaFest

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