Gonna Get There Someday

Album: Modern Day Drifter (2005)
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  • Bentley wrote this with fellow Country singer Deric Ruttan and producer Brett Beavers. With triple fiddles that bring out the sadness, Dierks talks about the loss of his girl, and how he is getting through it, but who the girl is might shock you. >>>
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    Savannah - North Van, BC, Canada

Comments: 3

  • Kerri Kaye from Lawson, MissouriI always took my mother for granted. She was mentally ill and my Dad was out on the road alot and how I reacted to her abuse...just made it worse. Daddy's passed. Mom's got dementia...perspective is a powerful thing....
  • Jessie from Simsboro, LaI absolutely love this Song I lost my mom last year and it has been very hard for me to geal with and my sister sent this song to me and all I can say is this song hits home
  • Danielle from Kearney, NeThis song reminds me of a friend who lost his mother a few years ago. It reminds me of how much my own means to me.
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