Story Behind The Song

It was one line that started the creative process. It's in the middle of the song..."dusty old coal town". Its just sort of took off from their. I was listening to Montgomery Gentry at the time.

Song Description

Tragedy for a man, who lost his wife & his daughter in unforeseen ways.

Lyrics

I Miss My Marie
©2007 Words and Music Evan Westerlund (STIM) / Johan Hallström (STIM)
All Rights Reserved

He steps out of the bar
Into the mid-day sun
Without a second thought
Takes the keys from his pocket
Gets behind the wheel
Gonna make one last stop
And with a half empty whiskey bottle
He takes main street at full throttle
He's got nothing left to give
And the one thing he knows is
A man shouldn't outlive his daughter

I miss my Marie
She was a starry-eyed girl, a smile a country mile wide
I'd give anything to have her back by my side
I've begged and I've prayed, Lord permission denied
All I've got left here is hard-headed pride
And that's not a lot to live for
I miss my Marie

The clock strikes twelve
The church bell rings
In this dusty old coal town
There's lamp post
Down by the graveyard
Where the truck was wrapped around
His little girl went missing 6 years to the day
Lost her mamma at childbirth, It shouldn't be that way
He just couldn't rise above
And all he knew about love
Was in the note on the seat beside him, said...

I miss my Marie
A starry-eyed girl, a smile a country mile wide
I'd give anything to have her back by my side
I've begged and I've prayed, Lord permission denied
All I've got left here is hard-headed pride
I've begged and I've prayed, Lord permission denied
All I've got left here is hard-headed pride
And that's not a lot to live for
And that's not a lot to live for