Country Song - Lyrics-critique

by Becky Big Canoe
(north of Toronto)

Just A Country Song by Becky Big Canoe

I want to be a writer of country songs to help me ease my pain
And tho it may hurt like hell, they say no pain, no gain
What can I fall back on, that will ease this hurting way
Since I said goodbye to you on that sad, sad day

Cuz we both knew it had to be that way
That we couldn't carry on
That the love we thought we had
Was just a country song

A country song can say so much, it can really say a lot
It talks of all that could have been and all that is not
We tried our best to beat the odds and still it seems we lost
And only our battered hearts will really know the cost

But we both knew it had to be that way
That we couldn't carry on
That the love we thought we had
Was just a country song

And like a love that's beaten down and a country song that's true
We both know that you'll love me and I'll always love you
Maybe it's just the times or the burdens that we bear
Like a country song it's something we'll always know we shared

And we both knew it had to be this way
That we couldn't carry on
Too many hurts we can't get past
Just like a country song

And just like Dolly sang, in a song I love so true
I will always, always love you
And it's just the way life is sometimes
We end up feeling blue because

We both knew it had to be this way
That we couldn't carry on
And the love we thought was forever
Was just a country song

And just like a country song
Even the good ones don't last forever (spoken)