Jim got today’s prompt from Melanie, who came up with "Automated, Mechanical, Modern, Robotic" for her prompt. I have a feeling I won’t be the only person who chooses this one, so I’m going to try to be first…
"Automatic" is from Miranda Lambert’s fifth studio album, 2014’s Platinum. It was written by Nicolle Galyon, Natalie Hemby, and Ms. Lambert and was the lead single off the album. The song won the 2014 Country Music Association Award for Single of the Year, the 2014 CMT Music Award for Best Female Video, and the 2015 Academy of Country Award for Song of the Year. It reached #3 on the Country Airplay chart, #4 on the US Hot Country Songs chart, and #1 on the Canadian Country chart.
The lyrics, from AZLyrics:
Drying laundry on the line
Watching Sun Tea in the window
Pocket watch for tellin’ time
Seems like only yesterday I’d get a blank cassette
Record the country countdown ’cause I couldn’t buy it yet
If we drove all the way to Dallas just to buy an Easter dress
We’d take along a Rand McNally, stand in line to pay for gas
God knows that shifting gears ain’t what it used to be
I learned to drive that 55 just like a queen, three on a tree
Hey, whatever happened to waitin’ your turn
Doing it all by hand,
‘Cause when everything is handed to you
It’s only worth as much as the time put in
It all just seemed so good the way we had it
Back before everything became automatic
If you had something to say
You’d write it on a piece of paper
Then you’d put a stamp on it
And they’d get it three days later
Boys would call the girls
And girls would turn them down
Staying married was the only way to work your problems out
Hey, whatever happened to waitin’ your turn
Doing it all by hand,
‘Cause when everything is handed to you
It’s only worth as much as the time put in
It all just seemed so good the way we had it
Back before everything became automatic
Automatic
Let’s roll the windows down
Windows with the cranks
Come on let’s take a picture
The kind you gotta shake
Hey, whatever happened to waitin’ your turn
Doing it all by hand,
‘Cause when everything is handed to you
It’s only worth as much as the time put in
It all just seemed so good the way we had it
Back before everything became automatic
Yeah
Automatic
And that’s Song Lyric Sunday for February 20. 2022.
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I love Miranda Lambert. This is such a great song! Thanks for sharing!
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She’s one of the new breed of country singers that I like. A lot of them are pop singers who wear cowboy boots and Stetsons, so I appreciate it when a country singer actually sings country.
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Very good choice! I really like this song, and actually pretty much every song she sings. I’ve seen her in concert before, and she sure puts on a great show! I remember watching her early on, as she was on the talent show called Nashville Star (like American idol) and she did really good on there.:)
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Glad you liked it!
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Excellent song choice! I like Miranda Lambert for the same reasons as you do.
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Glad you liked it!
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I would not guess this would be a song for this prompt. I went to Divo immediately.
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It probably wasn’t what they had in mind, but that’s never stopped me before…
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Better. 🙂 Nice.
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I really like Miranda Lambert, and not just for the visuals. Great voice and good songwriter.
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I really liked this ‘Automatic’ song ☺️
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I do, too. It was the first time I heard it, but I knew with Miranda Lambert singing it, I’d probably like it. There are still a few country singers who keep their music country.
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Yes I like her too for that reason. She’s great. I’ve featured a couple of her songs myself for SLS.
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Very nice John.
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Thanks!
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