Country Music makes the best heartbreak heroes. I’m old enough to remember the old joke. Do you know what happens when you play a country song backwards? You get your wife back, your truck back, your dog back. While that might have been true once, today’s honky tonk hunks know how to do heartbreak. Not only are the male country music artists hotter than chittlins frying in a skillet, they can croon you into a swoon in less than a verse and a half. These are the songs I’d turn into romance novels if I could only write faster. 6. Garth Brook’s Rodeo: Though it’s not terribly modern (1991), the story sticks with you. “And she’d give half of Texas just to change the way he feels.” If you’ve ever been in love with the right guy at the wrong time, you know exactly how this feels. What’s worse is that the mistress isn’t one she can beat out with a sexier dress or a poutier lip. Not even the love of a good woman can compete with the roar of the Sunday crowd and ropes and reins and the joys and the pains. By the time she gets him, he’ll be old and broken. And so will her heart. 5. Cole Swindell’s Middle of Memory: Thank God the girl in this country song doesn’t fall for this sulking sap. This song makes the list as a vivid example of the kind of guy to run away from. Her friends were right to whisk her away a minute into their first dance. He’s about to lean on in, thinking this coulda, would, shoulda been the night of their lives. He even calls her baby when they’ve known each other for like sixty seconds. The way he mopes alone in the middle of the dance floor waves bright red warning flags. Although he might make the plot line, he’s no hero. 4.Tyler Farr’s Redneck Crazy: Now this is the way to do heartbreak. This guy is crushed, but understandably so. There’s way more history here than a few beats of a good dancing song. There might be red flags here, too, but there’s something bold and exciting about a guy that is brazen enough to shine his headlights into a window he knows her cheating ass is hiding behind and then throw beer cans at both of their shadows. His observation that the new boy toy doesn’t amount to much by the looks of his little truck lets you know this guy is gonna be just fine as soon as he gets his pissed off out of his system. What a great opening scene! 3. Sam Hunt’s Take Your Time: Speaking of bold. You gotta a love a guy who calls a girl out. “You could’ve walked away, but you’re still here. And I’m still here. Come on, let’s just see where it goes.” He doesn’t know her, but he knows enough to see that she’s survived a few punches to the heart. He’s not gonna come on strong or make her love him. (But you know she will.) He just wants her time. A girl could hardly turn that down. Especially with that smile and those dark eyes. 2. Darius Rucker’s If I Told You: If your heart doesn’t melt to this song, I’m not sure you have one. This poor guys wants so much to love her, but he’s afraid he’ll end up screwing it up like always. “Could you love me anyway? Please. Could you love me anyway?” Yes, Darius, yes. We already do. 1. Old Dominion’s Break Up With Him: The best break up song ever! I mean, come on. You smile all the way through the dang thing and you absolutely know there is a happily ever after on the way. “The way you look at me, you can’t pretend. You know you ain’t in love with him. Break up with him.” (And we all sing along.) Break up with him! Click here to enjoy Old Dominion's video. Then go find the perfect song to inspire your perfect hero. I'd love to know what you choose.
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AuthorDee Linn loves words. When she was in the third grade, her exasperated teacher told her she'd probably talk to a pole, if she happen to be sitting beside it. Not much has changed except that now she says it in writing. She is a single mom of four, a teacher of teens, a cheater at board games, and a lover of life. She's a Kansas girl, but travels to all kinds of places in her head with characters living there, some of which she's sure she's created. Some, she's not sure how they got there. But they are way more interesting to talk to than a pole. Archives
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