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  • What song has touched your heart?

    **Update**

    Thanks to everyone who took the time to enter.  We’ve had an overwhelming amount of repsonses & can’t thank you guys enough for your support & taking the time to share from the heart.  We will DEFINITELY be doing more contests in the future!  We randomly chose two winners!   You should have received an e-mail from us!  Congrats to Jean & Shirley Barrow!

     

    We want to hear from you!  There’s no better way to get people involved than have a contest!!  This isn’t a contest with a huge lavish prize, just a little encouragement to promote some interaction on the site!

     

    Here’s what you do to enter:

     

    *Post below about a country music song that has touched your heart, or maybe even changed your life.  Your reply can be as long or as short as you need!  Be sure to mention the artist & song title!  Don’t forget to include your e-mail address so we can notify you if you are the winner!

     

    *After you’ve posted Tweet the following, “I just shared a country music song that has touched my heart & you should too on @CntryMusicCares & you might win!”

     

     *Once you’ve completed both you’re entered to win!!  This contest will run through midnight (central) Sunday, November 22, 2009.  We’ll randomly choose 2 winners!  Check back Monday morning to see if you’re one of them! 2 caring participants will receive a copy of the Kohl’s “Christmas in the Country” CD that supports Kohl’s Cares for Kids!

     

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    The Site Song – “I Was Here” by Lady Antebellum

    We feel that a song that represents our site & has inspired us from the beginning is Lady Antebellum’s, “I Was Here.”  There are so many powerful lyrics throughout the song.  One of our favorite parts is, “I will prove you wrong, If you think I’m all talk, You’re in for a shock ‘cause this dreams too strong…” Sometimes in life your dreams seem too big to ever accomplish, but we’ve believed in this site & our vision from the beginning & had faith that others would support our dreams as well. Country Music Cares has already surpassed what we thought was possible & that’s thanks to you guys! All of you country music fans who have huge hearts for those in need & embrace your favorite artists in their efforts to make a change for the better!

     

     

    Jennifer’s Song – “Change” by Carrie Underwood

    * This is a brand new track on Carrie’s latest album, “Play On.”  If you haven’t given this song a listen you definitely should!  I feel that in life no matter how amazing the cause, or how pure your intentions there will always be those who don’t believe in your or your cause.  In this song the lyrics state, “Don’t listen to them when they say, ‘You’re just a fool, just a fool to believe you can change the world.’” It also goes on to remind us that small things can make a difference & love IS important. If you believe you can make a difference you aren’t a fool! Sitting & doing nothing won’t change the world, but turning your good intensions into actions can!

     

     

    Amanda’s Song – “No” by Brad Paisley

    *Amanda’s going to finish hers when she’s better.  She’s sick today!  :( *

     

     

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     November 23rd, 2009  countrymusiccares   76 comments

    75 responses to “What song has touched your heart?”

    • Country music has a way of getting people through things. There’s a lot of music out there today that’s not about anything important. Country music is about real people, real stories, and real feelings. You can’t go wrong with a good country song. There have been so many country songs through out the years that have touched my heart, and a select few that have made me cry. “Love Lives On” by Mallary Hope has made me cry more than any other song I can think of. In a way, it’s healing. It describes how I feel so perfectly. Just this past January, my uncle passed away so unexpectedly. And even still, it’s processing in my mind. The fact he’s not here anymore, the fact we won’t get to spend the holidays with him again. My whole family was upset and shaken by the whole thing. We cry like crazy, and it still hurts. But, we’re so thankful God gave him to us, for what time he did. He impacted so many people throughout his life. His goal in life was to bring as many people to God as he could, and he did just that. He helped so many teenagers, and adults, just anybody, grow closer to God. He was a fun guy, and we all miss him. The last part of the song talks about a young girl not really understanding why the man in the song dies. I know my little cousin, my uncle’s daughter, knows that her dad is now in heaven. But, I know also someday that she’s going to want to know so much more about him, and my family and I are going to do the best we can to tell her. We see so much of him in her. Even with him gone, the love will sure live on, for many years to come.

    • “Come A Little Closer” by Dierks bently

      This song is our song me and my husband Robert
      he works out of town all week and i only get to see him now at the moment on Saturday’s and some on sunday so this really touches our heart and means alot,

    • The song that really gets to me and touches my heart is Alan Jackson’s “Sissy’s Song.”

      Six years ago (and 2 months and 18 days) my mom died. She had diabetes and after many years of not taking care of herself like she should have, it caught up with her. She had her right leg amputated in 2000 and about 2 years later, infection set into her left leg. She was adamant that she didn’t want to lose the left leg, so they just scraped out some infection here…cut some there and it just took a toll on her body. She was back and forth between the hospital and a rehabilitation center for almost a year until her body finally gave up. August 31, 2003 is a day I will never forget, no matter how much I wish I could…how much I wish it’d never happened!

      There have been many country songs that have warmed my heart, made me feel good and sad, but when Alan Jackson recently came out with “Sissy’s Song,” it just says it all. It says how I feel and it’s what my mom would be saying! She wouldn’t want me to be worrying and upset. Of course, that’s a whole lot easier said than done..even 6 years later!

      I miss you mommy!!

      An honorable mention song, so to speak is Reba’s “He Gets That From Me.” The song kind of reminds me of my dad and us kids…missing my mom so much. Also, this is a total coincidence, of course, but in the video for HGTFM, the gravestone at the end of the video, the date is August 31, 2003…the same day my mom died :(

      Okay…off to cry now! <3 you mom!!

    • Stand Back Up – Sugarland

      This song…wow, This song is the perfect song for anyone needing an extra push, or just someone saying, “look, you might knock me down…but I’ll be back..and be ok”

      This song came into my life, about 3ish years ago. To understand this and why this song had and still has a profound effect on me and my life, you have to understand my bad relationship with my mother. I was emotionally and verbally abused for years. I honestly believed all of it was normal, the fights and tussels we’d get into. As I got older I found that what I viewed as her being a parent was basically rude, and downright mean comments to me.

      About 3 years ago, I was a high school graduate, flunked out of my first semester of college, and things only seemed to get worse. Christmas of ‘06 I got Sugarland’s Cd’s for christmas. I didnt think twice that one of these would change my life and help me move on and be strong. After the beginning of the year, my relationship with my mother and her family began to disintigrate, along with her relationship with my father. I fell into a fairly deep depression, my dad didnt have a clue as to half of the things I was dealing with, between her and her family, constant criticisims, I eventually retreated to my room..where I stayed for 6mos. Leaving only to go to work. I would lie in bed and wonder if anyone would miss me if I were gone, would it matter. Did I matter? I’d turn on a Cd and cry no matter if it were a happy song or a sad one. Eventually I heard “Stand Back Up”….I cried, and cried, and cried some more. Put it on repeat, and continued listening to each and every word.

      That spring a friend of mine invited me to their concert. They were playing less than 2 miles from where we worked and less than a mile from where my friend lived. 4th row tickets…wow. I didnt think much of it going in, it was basically a free concert for me, and I knew of Sugarland. The show was amazing…as usual, the band NEVER disapoints. Then came the encore. Jennifer Nettles walked out to the edge of the stage and said “This song is about Standing Back Up in the face of challenge or pain…so if you’re hurtin this evening, we’ll do it for you.” I broke down, it was like she knew. There I was in the middle of all these people, hearing MY song live…less than 10 feet away from me. I sat down cried, screamed, and sang along. After that night..I think I became one of their biggest fans. :)

      A month later, my dad told my mother he was leaving, and filing for divorce, after saying this, she looked at him, looked at me and kicked me out the door with him. The days of me moving out were the hardest ones I’ve ever faced, lots of screaming, yelling, namecalling and threatening. I was still down in the dumps and depressed…and it took a good year or so to NOT break down or not to just give up, and the song has helped.

      I still have my bad days, and occasionally the song will sneak up on me on my playlist, and I get a little choked up, but its only because Sugarland helped me…and basically saved me. :)

    • The beautiful and powerful “Somebody Said A Prayer” by Billy Ray Cyrus offers hope to those in need. It has influenced me since I heard it and I often think of the words when I am struggling with a life problem. “Somebody said a prayer, somebody had some faith, somebody finally hit their knees and asked for help for heaven’s sake.” I especially love the video where the song is depicted so beautifully….
      Gail B.

    • A country song that has touched my heart is “An Old Friend of Mine” by Joe Nichols. It is a powerful song to anyone who struggles with any type of addiction. When I first heard this song I began to cry because you can feel it deep down inside. You start to understand what someone has to go through to realize that they have to say goodbye to this horrible addiction.

    • The song that has touched my heart is Carrie Underwood’s cover of “How Great Thou Art”. I had seen it on a Gospel special on GAC. As I listened to Carrie’s rendition of this song I just melted in my chair. Then like a “Beam from Heaven” something pierced my soul! Something that has been lost for 25 years came back to me. WORDS were coming to me at all hours of the day and night. No matter where I was or what I was doing these words were coming TO ME!! So I would just write them down. After about two weeks the words stopped and I had two full pages of sentences. I sat there and started to put them together forming a poem. At one time I “felt” my Mother being with me as I could hear her say “Tell her exactly how you feel, don’t hold anything back”. It felt so strange hearing this as my Mother has been gone for almost a year. After about a week I had the first poem I have written in 25 years!! It was a Birthday poem for Carrie. I have shown this poem to professional’s and they tell me it IS very good! I will never publish this as this means MORE to me than anything in the world. Why? Because of the way Carrie Underwood presented “How Great Thou Art” I now have poetry back in my life again. For me being as shy as I am, poetry is the best way I know how to express my feelings. And Carrie has shown me to NOT to be afraid of expressing my feelings No Matter What. Thanks You and Take care.
      No Matter What Have A Very Carrie Day!

    • My fav song is Dierks Bentley’s , Every Mile A Memory. My husband travels alot with work. He called me up one day and played Dierks song for me. It’s tough being apart sometimes but the reunion is awsome. He knows how much I love Dierks music. I am in the fan club and saw Dierks in concert this summer. So having my husband do this made me cry. I love my guy and hope Dierks continues to put great music out there. Have a wonderful day….Dawn

    • My Song is “Who You Be Today” by Kenny Chesney. This song reminds of family members and friends that have past on and makes you wonder who would they be today if they were alive. Great Song Kenny!

    • The song that has touched my heart is Temporary Home by Carrie Underwood. This song is wonderful I cried the first time I heard it and still get tears.

    • The country song that has touched my heart the most is I Need You Now by Lady Antebellum. The first time I heard this song, I thought about how it encompasses a lot of my feelings over the past few years and every time I listen to it, I get a little teary-eyed.

    • Many of Carrie Underwood’s songs touch my heart. There is a great sense of emotions in most of her songs. Most recently I have been touched by Change off of her new album Play On. Change is one of many inspirational/touching songs on her new album. For me it just provokes deep call to action in making a difference because every little bit that one person does helps in the long run. Even if you can’t contribute much it’s the though that counts and just trying to change the world is not foolish on your part. It’s a great theme song for giving back and the commercials on tv about children in Africa or the ASPCA animal commercials. I love the emotion Carrie is able to display through her performances and songs. It is truly amazing!

    • The song that has had the most impact on me is
      Some Gave All by Billy Ray Cyrus. Before my husband died he loved to listen to Billy Ray. He was a veteran so when he died unexpectedly of a blood clot to the heart This song brought back feelings to me. My husband had a military funeral. The flag was over his casket and then folded and given to me. After hearing the song “Some Gave All” many times at concerts I attended I asked my family if they would care if I gave the flag I had to Billy Ray. Outside of his fan club office was a flag flying that was in need of replacement. My children all said it was okay with them if I gave it to him. I gave it to him at the next fan club party I attened.. Some time later I was up inside the fan club and saw a flag flying in his music room. I didnt think much of it till much later when I was talking to Billy Ray. He said yes that was my flag. I asked him to please take a pic of himself in front of the flag. He said no and that shocked me. He then said I needed to come up and have my picture taken with him in front of the flag. Wow to be invited like that was wonderful to me. My friends and I were going that way shortly after that and arrangements were made for us to meet Billy Ray there and have the picture made. He told me that the flag would hang there long after he was there. This impressed me so much.And today I think about this everytime I hear him sing this song which he does at every concert.

    • I am 50 years old and have loved country music and so many artists all my life…I lost my husband of 20 years to a 6 week battle with cancer in Feb ‘08 and my grandmother just 3 weeks later and just this week, on Mon 11/16/09, I lost my mother to a 10 year, hard fought and coureageous battle with heart disease. The wounds are still open and raw and I miss them but most esp my dear, sweet, determined fighter of a woman that I was so proud to call mom. I have so many songs that have touched me in so many ways in my life but the 2 that seem to just keep playing in my mind is Keith Anderson’s I Still Miss You and Jake Owen’s Green Bananas…Thanks for giving me this wonderful opportunity to express how I am feeling right now…You certainly don’t know what tomorrow might bring and I still miss you, (All of you )

    • “My Wish” by Rascal Flatts is probably one of the songs that has touched my heart. When I was going through a very difficult time in my life, my mom was there and was my rock. Once this song came out on radio she dedicated it to me. When I was away from home she wrote me in a journal and wrote the lyrics then highlighted “I hope you know somebody loves you.” Every since then I haven’t been able to listen to that song and not remember everything that we’ve been through, and all the troubles we had to go through to make it to where we are now. When words couldn’t get through to me, this song did. The song is overall powerful that I’m sure touched many people not just me. It’s true that country music makes a difference.

    • Many songs has touched my heart through out my life, but if I have to choose one it would be “My Best Friend” by Tim McGraw. I met my husband in high school. He was 16 and I was 14. We had many things in common that drew us together. Both of our parents were divorced and we lived with our mothers and a step-father. We were best friends a long time before the “love” word was mentioned. We were married when I was 18 and he was 20. People told us that it wouldn’t last because we were so young. Many years of marriage, one child and two grandchildren later…. my husband is still my best friend.

    • “Don’t Forget to Remember Me” by Carrie Underwood always makes me think of next year when I will be leaving for college. Whenever I hear it I always get teary eyed, especially the part “And make sure you tell Daddy that I’m still his little girl” I was (and still am) my Daddy’s little girl and he has always been there for me and I’m going to miss him very much next year.

    • “Fight Like A Girl” by Bomshel

      What more can you say about this song that the lyrics don’t already cover? This song truely will touch anyone and everyone who listens to it. I have not personally lost anyone to Breast Cancer but have known many people who have. And anytime I hear this song I get a little choked up. Kelley and Kristy are amazing and such talented artists and humble young females. When you are at a concert of theirs, not only are you a fan of theirs, but your a friend. Very powerful and moving lyrics, there’s not much more you can say.

    • “Whenever You Remember” – Carrie Underwood

      Like many others, so many songs have touched my heart and made such a huge impact on my life it’s hard to choose just one. The reason I selected “Whenever You Remember” is because I remember just a year and a half ago when I graduated high school. This song had the best timing. I had such mixed feelings about graduating, and this song made me realize that it didn’t matter what happened after graduation; no one can take my high school memories from me. On one hand, they’re great memories, the friends I made, the acheivements I had, but on the other hand, my senior year, was one of the hardest years everyone in the graduating class must have had. Two of our peers’ lives were taken from us. Though I was never close with either of them, I still think about them, and the lives that they had an impact on. So many people cared for them, and it was so hard to go through those first few weeks. They know they were loved and I know that I will hold they’re memory dear to me even though I was never granted the opportunity to truly know them. I’m sure that all their friends will look back and remember all the great times they had with each other. They will never be forgotten. R.I.P. Elliot and Sam.

    • Carrie’s music runs deep for me…always has. The song that means the most to me tho, and touched me most has to be “So Small”. When the song came out, I was going thru an horrible time trying to figure things out within myself and my family was in a bad situation. My grandma had just had a stroke and I was living in the same house trying to help take care of her, all the while putting my own dreams on hold. I had let myself get so down and so depressed because I wasn’t moving…I wasn’t going to the school I wanted and moreso frustrated with myself cause I felt I should have done more…been more….and now it was too late to be the granddaughter I should have.

      When I heard the song for the first time, it was like a awakening of some sort. The second verse “Times flying by, moving so fast. You better make it count cause u can’t get it back” I realized that I had my whole life ahead of my. What counted was HERE and now. Make the time and take the time to be the ones that matter..cause I couldnt get that time back. I spent the rest of her life doing everything I could to be the best granddaughter I could and getting memories to stay with me forever.

      I would play So Small alot in her room. She couldnt talk, but the tear I would see in her eyes most of the night were enough to let me know that she knew what was going on and felt the same way I did.

    • So Small is a song on Carrie Underwood’s sophomore album, “Carnival Ride”. It is the song that gets me through the lowest points of my life and it has not only helped me but quite a few of my friends. My family has had some troubles and my life has been rocky for a little while, but when I lock myself in my room and sit on my bed and turn this song on… the whole world just seems to melt away and all that’s left is me and Carrie’s beautiful, soulful voice that sends shivers down my spine.

      I’m originally from former Yugoslavia so I never knew my family because of the civil war that disbanded and killed off most of my relatives. And although it seems like a terrible thing… this little song, this 3 minute and 46 second song makes all that disappear and remind me that everything is okay as long as I have my family and my friends and I have Carrie Marie Underwood to thank for that.

      Thank you,

      Kenan Omercajic

    • Matt Kennon – The Call

      It reminds me of a part of my life that I wish I could go back and change.

    • Ready Set Don`t Go by Billy Ray Cyrus.

      Billy Ray Cyrus wrote this song for his daughter Miley when she was ready to leave for hollywood to become a star.
      When Billy Ray Cyrus sings this song, he puts in all his feelings and emotion.

      This song is so beautiful. Every parent will go through this. Once your child is old enough it leaves his home.
      We as parents hope it will never come to this. You see your child when it was small, then it goes to school. After many years you celebrate her graduation.

      I remember when our daughter left to join the service.
      She thought she was ready to leave the home she grew up in.
      I`m as her mother didn`d want to let her go.
      As parents you want the best for your child, even if I was crying inside, I had to let her go with a smile on my face.

    • Temporary Home by Carrie Underwood
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      Change by Carrie Underwood

      temporary home is like a reminder to me that whatever i do in this world..it’s only temporary and that there’s a far much better place that i’m going to be at.

      Change is a song that tells me whatever changes we make in this world..it will definitely make a difference no matter how small or how big it is..lets all help each other to make a change :)

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