I had the title and the basic structure for this song pretty much completed but I put it aside for a while because I thought the title and the lyrics were so special I wasn’t sure I could come up with a melody that was good enough. So I was looking for a co-writer to help me finish this but I got tired of waiting on it so one day I spent some time considering where I wanted it to go and what I wanted it to sound like, I made some important edits to the lyrics, I rewrote the entire last verse, added the bridge and redesigned the final few lines, and once I did that the melody came to me and I just sang it into my portable digital recorder one day on the beach in Westbrook, CT. I feel that the line I came up with that day, "you buried my heart in the ground," absolutely makes the song. From the bridge to the final line, the lyrics are so powerful and they strike such an emotional chord that I think everyone who hears it will feel the hurt that this person is experiencing and relate to the pain and the heartache, much like what Jan Crutchfield's song "It Turns Me Inside Out" did when Lee Greenwood recorded it. I really struggled with that one line, the rhyme in particular. It wasn't easy to find a third rhyme for "house," and when I first came up with "you buried my heart in the ground," I wasn't sure it was right for the song, I actually thought it was too strong, although I really liked the ‘in’ and ‘out’ contrast I came up with on "fell out” and "buried in." But for a while I wasn't sure. But after singing it a few times it actually started to bring tears to my eyes, I felt the raw emotion it conveys and I became convinced that it was the perfect line in exactly the right place for this song. And it made much more sense when I started thinking of this as a song for a female singer, I thought that line would be much better suited for a female singer than a male, although anyone can sing it because it's a good song and so I decided to record it because I didn't want to hold on to it any longer, I wanted it out there for others to consider recording. I have a feeling this could be a very big hit on country radio, and not just a hit for one singer but a song that could get recorded many times by many different artists. I think It's one of the best songs - if not the best song - I've ever written. The title doesn't tell the whole story and I've found that when people hear the complete line for the first time, "In the morning we'll split up… the rest of the things in the house," they go "ah..." and smile or laugh or express some other emotion. It's a killer title and a great hook. I'm very proud of this one. Again, Terry Miggins did a beautiful acoustic guitar solo. I especially like the way the guitar builds the emotion on the last few lines. This is the type of song that brings tears to your eyes.