Send 'Em on Down the Road

Album: Man Against Machine (2014)
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  • Garth Brooks is the father of three daughters, all of whom have now left home, so there's a particularly personal aspect to this Marc Beeson and Allen Shamblin penned song. "There's a great lyric in 'Send 'Em on Down the Road,'" he commented. "At the very end, where it says, 'you pick 'em up, you dust 'em off, you hold 'em close, and you pray them a lot.' Anybody who's ever had children, that's what you do 24/7 … You know it was written by somebody who had just gone through this."

    "It doesn't matter if it's kids going from kindergarten to first grade, high school to college, gettin' married - 'Send 'Em on Down the Road is every parent's anthem," Brooks added. "What a beautiful song."

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