Country artists have covered a wide breadth of topics over the genre’s history. Matters of the heart are arguably the most pervasive, but there is another topic that is also widely discussed: friendship. Yes, there are many great country songs about the appeal of having a pal by your side. Find four of them, below.
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4 of the Best Country Songs About Friendship
1. “You Can’t Make Old Friends” (Kenny Rogers and Dolly Parton)
Old friends aren’t made, they are earned. Anyone who has had a friend for an extended period of time will know just how special that relationship is. It’s sacred and hard to break. Kenny Rogers and Dolly Parton mulled over that idea in “You Can’t Make Old Friends.” Listening to this track will bring a tear to the eye of anyone who knows the emotions they are singing about here.
What will I do when you are gone?
Who’s gonna tell me the truth?
Who’s gonna finish the stories I start
The way you always do?
2. “That’s What Friends Are For” (Tammy Wynette)
Not all songs about friends are positive. In Tammy Wynette’s “That’s What Friends Are For,” she talks about getting stabbed in the back by a friend that ends up stealing her man. I trusted her just as far as I could see / Then she stole his love away from me, she sings.
And there were times when she was feeling down
One of us would always come around
And try to share some other happiness we found
That’s what friends are for, that’s what friends are for
3. “Friends In Low Places” (Garth Brooks)
When thinking of country songs about friends, this Garth Brooks hit is likely one of the first that comes to mind. “Friends In Low Places” is tailor made for drinking with your companions while belting out the lines to this unforgettable anthem.
‘Cause I’ve got friends in low places
Where the whiskey drowns and the beer chases my blues away
And I’ll be OK
Yeah, I’m not big on social graces
Think I’ll slip on down to the oasis
Oh, I’ve got friends in low places
4. “Good Friends” (Reba McEntire)
No song sums up the feeling of having a close friend better than this McEntire track. Close together like they’re bookends / Feeling what the other one is feeling / They never seem to be without / Those little things to laugh about, she sings. Listening to this track will instantly prompt memories of your own “good friends.”
Feeling one another’s joy and sorrow
Dreams today may come true tomorrow
Good friends
Close together like they’re bookends
Feeling what the other one is feeling
They never seem to be without
Those little things to laugh about
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