Homeless Persons' Memorial Day Top 100 Songs
Song #27
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Bucky Covington
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"I Want My Life Back" is a song written by Frank Myers and Anthony L. Smith, and recorded by American country music artist Bucky Covington. It was released in April 2009 as the fourth single of his career, and was later included as part of Good Guys, Covington's formal second studio album in 2012.
"I Want My Life Back" is a ballad, backed primarily with percussion, strings, and steel guitar. The narrator describes a homeless man he meets, who doesn't want food or money, but instead longs for the pleasures of life that were taken away from him (such as his job and his home). The song has received mixed reviews from critics because "The homeless man in this song exists solely to help the song make its point - he’s so committed to it, in fact, that he turns down food money in order to recite the words to the bombastic chorus. After that, the homeless man’s words serve to inspire the narrator to realize, as all regretful men in pop-country singles do, that his pride and temper are what killed his previous relationship, and that he now wants his girl back."
Either way, it wouldn't be the only time that someone was inspired enough to take another look at the value of what things they have thrown away in life after comparing themselves with a homeless person who by greater misfortune lost those things he treasured most in life. If you can get beyond the fact that the singer is trying to get his girl back, then you may be able to realize the real moral to this story. Value those things in life that you love most because you never know if something could happen and you might become homeless and lose everything yourself.
"I Want My Life Back" is a ballad, backed primarily with percussion, strings, and steel guitar. The narrator describes a homeless man he meets, who doesn't want food or money, but instead longs for the pleasures of life that were taken away from him (such as his job and his home). The song has received mixed reviews from critics because "The homeless man in this song exists solely to help the song make its point - he’s so committed to it, in fact, that he turns down food money in order to recite the words to the bombastic chorus. After that, the homeless man’s words serve to inspire the narrator to realize, as all regretful men in pop-country singles do, that his pride and temper are what killed his previous relationship, and that he now wants his girl back."
Either way, it wouldn't be the only time that someone was inspired enough to take another look at the value of what things they have thrown away in life after comparing themselves with a homeless person who by greater misfortune lost those things he treasured most in life. If you can get beyond the fact that the singer is trying to get his girl back, then you may be able to realize the real moral to this story. Value those things in life that you love most because you never know if something could happen and you might become homeless and lose everything yourself.
He was warmin' his hands with a hot coffee cup
And pourin' in whiskey
As I walked up, he never blinked an eye
He just asked for a light
I noticed he didn't have soles on his shoes
So I pulled out a twenty, said go buy some food
But he just stared at his cup like I wasn't there
Then he looked at me, said son that's nice
But there's some things money can't buy
I want my life back, I want that house that I called home
I want that job I worked for 22 years before I got laid off
I want what I had when I laid down in the arms
Of the woman that believed in me and that man I used to be
I want my life back
I walked through the door and sat down at the bar
Had a shot and a beer, lit up a cigar
It ran through my head, every word that old man said
I had a woman that loved me with all of her heart
But my pride and my temper made it all fall apart
I was too headstrong to admit when I was wrong
It's been 6 months since she moved out
Guess my pride ain't helping me now
I want my life back, I want that house that I called home
I want to hear her voice and see her face every day when I get off
I want what I had when I laid down in the arms
Of the woman that believed in me and that man I used to be
I want my life back
I paid my tab and left that bar
I grabbed my phone, jumped in my car
I dialed her number and when she said hello, I said
I want my life back, I want that house that I called home
I want to hear your voice and see your face every day when I get off
I want what I had when I laid down in the arms
Of the woman that believed in me and the man I used to be
I want my life back, I want my life back
