country music lyrics…what do they mean?

I realize that its about a girl leaving…but what does the first stanza mean? for some reason it's as if he's talking to his daughter about the mother leaving..but I can't tell.

Blake Shelton-She wouldn't be gone

Red roadside wild flower if I'd only picked you
Took you home set you on the counter
Oh, at least a time or two
Maybe she'd thought it through.

Yellow sunset slowly dipping down in the rear view
Oh, how she'd love to sit and watch you
I could have done that a whole lot more
If I hadn't been so stubborn, been so selfish
Thought about her more, thought about me less
Joked and maked her laugh, held her when she cried
A little more that.. maybe I…

Wouldn't be driving like hell flying like crazy down the highway
Calling everyone we know stopping any place she might be
Going any place she might go beating on the dash
Screaming out her name at the windshield tears soaking up my face
If I had loved her this much all along, maybe maybe, yeaa maybe…
She wouldn't be gone.. she wouldn't be gone..

She warned me it was coming said if I didn't change
She was leaving
I just didn't believe she would ever really walk out,
God, I believe her now
Called her mamma, cried like a baby to her best friend
If they've seen her, they ain't sayin, they ain't sayin…
Now, I'm cursing like a fool, praying it ain't too late
All I wanna do is fix my mistakes.

Find her beg her for one more try, until then damn it I"ll..
Be driving like hell flying like crazy down the highway
Calling everyone we know stopping any place she might be
Going any place she might go beating on the dash
Screaming out her name at the windshield tears soaking up my face
If I had loved her this much all along, maybe maybe, yeaa maybe…
She wouldn't be gone..

I wouldn't be beating on the dash
Screaming out her name at the windshield tears soaking up my face
If I had loved her this much all along, maybe maybe, yeaa maybe…
She wouldn't be gone..

Red roadside wild flower if I'd only picked you
Took you home set you on the counter, oh at least a time or two
Maybe she'd thought it through…

This entry was posted on Monday, April 27th, 2009 at 5:51 pm and is filed under Songwriting Questions. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

3 Responses to “country music lyrics…what do they mean?”

  1. singingbby1995 Says:

    it means if I wouldve picked you over the other girl you wouldnt be gone.
    in terms to a flower it would be like if i took you home and put u in a vase or something on the counter instead of treating the girl bad?
    can u return the favor and check the song i wrote?
    its under music>country>song i wrote last night
    thanks.

  2. Angela Says:

    I think he is saying that if maybe he would have been more romantic and brought her home flowers once in a while, maybe she wouldn’t have left her. If he would have thought more about her and stopped and picked a flower on the way home from work, just to be sweet and spontaneous.

  3. Mariusz Dybus Says:

    It’s definitely not that complicated but says that even “Red roadside wild flower ” picked a time or two would have made a difference meaning that even a smallest change in his life, attitude could make her stay.That first step says “I love you and I wanna change for you if you want me to”

Leave a Reply

You must be logged in to post a comment.