know this country song?-drunk driver kills wife

Subject: Do you know this country song?
From: GUEST,guest
Date: 03 Feb 03 - 09:48 PM

Could anyone identify a song title for me? It was a country song, circa 1996-1998. The storyline was about a man telling about how he was drinking too much, refused to let his wife drive, had a wreck and killed her.

Boy that is a country song, isn't it?

And no, I don't remember if it was a pickup truck.

Thank you for your help.

Tammie

Subject: RE: know this country song?-drunk driver kills wife
From: Joe Offer
Date: 14 Sep 04 - 02:16 AM

Hmmm. We didn't get an answer for this one.
-Joe Offer-

Subject: RE: know this country song?-drunk driver kills wife
From: Rt Revd Sir jOhn from Hull
Date: 15 Sep 04 - 02:15 AM

Subject: RE: know this country song?-drunk driver kills wife
From: GUEST,marc
Date: 02 Feb 12 - 07:55 AM

pearl jam.where has my baby gone.

Subject: RE: know this country song?-drunk driver kills wife
From: Mick Pearce (MCP)
Date: 02 Feb 12 - 09:15 AM

marc - I don't think that's the song. See Last Kiss, where the lyrics are posted. That song was written by Wayne Cochran and was a hit for him in 62; the Pearl Jam version is a cover. There's nothing to do with drinking and driving or refusing to let his wife drive in the lyrics, which is why I don't think it's the answer.

Mick

Subject: ADD: Flowere (recorded by Billy Yates)
From: GUEST,Guest
Date: 02 Feb 12 - 04:42 PM

I don't know if this is the song you're looking for, but it fits the theme:

"Flowers" - Billy Yates (also recorded by Chris Young)

FLOWERS
(recorded by Billy Yates & Chris Young)

I should've took you dancin
A little candle light romancin', with roses
But I was high upon a bar stool
I was such a blind fool, now I know it
You won't believe how much I've changed since you left
It took losin' you, for me to find myself

Oh, I wish that you could see me
Steady hands without the whiskey, you'd be so proud
Got that job down at the factory
A brand new suit for Sunday, I'm in church now
It's been one year since I sat behind a bar
I went by the junk-yard, they've still got our car

I still see you on your knees
Beggin' me not to drive
But I took away the keys
And made you climb inside
An' I'd take your place in this field of stone
If I only had the power
Look what it took
For me to finally bring you flowers

Oh, I'd take your place in this field of stone
If I only had the power
Look what it took
For me to finally bring you flowers
Just look what it took
For me to finally bring you flowers

Subject: RE: know this country song?-drunk driver kills wife
From: Mick Pearce (MCP)
Date: 02 Feb 12 - 05:18 PM

That certainly fits the bill, Guest. It was also a hit in 97, so it's the right time-frame too. Whether Tammie is still checking in after 8 years to tell us if it really is the song she wanted is another matter.

Still, it looks to me as if the request can be crossed off!

Mick

Subject: RE: know this country song?-drunk driver kills wife
From: GUEST
Date: 04 Oct 13 - 10:38 AM

flowers by chris young

Subject: RE: know this country song?-drunk driver kills wife
From: GUEST,tritoneman
Date: 04 Oct 13 - 08:14 PM

I don't remember this particular song but it puts in mind of a song called 'I Heard The Wreck On The Highway But I didn't Hear Nobody Pray'. I think it was written by Roy Acuff although I first heard it sung by the great flat-picking guitar man Malcolm Price in the UK folk clubs during the late 1960s.
Graham

Subject: RE: know this country song?-drunk driver kills wife
From: GUEST
Date: 27 Apr 14 - 08:02 PM

Hey just wanted to say I've been looking for that song, myself for a long time. Thank you! I'm not Tommie but when you look for a song as long has I have you usually keep it up till you find it.

Subject: RE: know this country song?-drunk driver kills wife
From: GUEST
Date: 31 Aug 19 - 09:47 PM

Cheap Whiskey

Subject: RE: know this country song?-drunk driver kills wife
From: Jack Campin
Date: 01 Sep 19 - 01:25 AM

You'd expect his dog to die in the crash too.

Subject: RE: know this country song?-drunk driver kills wife
From: Severn
Date: 01 Sep 19 - 04:36 PM

Try one called The Drunken Driver.The Stanley Brothers and many others recorded it. I won't give it away, but this one has all the plot twists you'll ever need, except for a dog and a train.

Subject: RE: know this country song?-drunk driver kills wife
From: PHJim
Date: 04 Sep 19 - 01:37 AM

"Flowers" by Billy Yates makes me wonder how, just a year after killing his lady, a drunk driver could have a job at a factory. I would think that he'd still be in jail.

Subject: RE: know this country song?-drunk driver kills wife
From: GUEST
Date: 17 Nov 20 - 02:20 PM

Song is called cheap whiskey. Marina McBride