- published: 19 Sep 2010
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Country Strong (originally titled Love Don’t Let Me Down) is a 2010 drama film starring Gwyneth Paltrow, Tim McGraw, Garrett Hedlund, and Leighton Meester. The film, about an emotionally unstable country music star who attempts to resurrect her career, was directed and written by American filmmaker Shana Feste. It premiered in Nashville, Tennessee on November 8, 2010, and had a wide release in the United States on January 7, 2011. This is the second film in which McGraw and Hedlund have worked together, the first being Friday Night Lights in 2004.
The movie begins with Beau (Hedlund), singing with Kelly (Paltrow), a recovering alcoholic going through rehab. Beau is clearly smitten by her, and it is later revealed that the two have been having an affair, even though Kelly is married to James (McGraw). Kelly is checked out of rehab a month early by James, who wants her to go on a three-city tour to restore her image. She agrees on the condition that Beau becomes her opening act, but James has already made plans to see Chiles Stanton (Meester), a beauty queen with potential to become a rising singer, perform that night in hopes that she will be Kelly's opener instead.
Cat Diesel Power cap pulled down low
makin that bacon, row by row
can't get them muscles at the YMCA
it's from choppin' cotton, cuttin' corn and slingin' that hay
been heavy liftin' since the crack of dawn
no doubt about it that boy's country strong
he's up in the mornin' yawnin' with those work boots on
workin' like hell 'til the dinner bell brings him back home
blue collar in his blood, backwoods in his bones
no doubt about it that boy's country strong
he wears an old felt hat on his head
got a saddle for a pillow, and the ground for a bed
spurs on his heels, reins in his hands
drivin' cattle, ropin' steers and burnin' his brand
there ain't no lettin' up all day long
no doubt about it that boy's country strong
he's up in the mornin' yawnin' with those Tony Llama's on
workin' like hell 'til the dinner bell brings him back home
blue collar in his blood, backwoods in his bones
no doubt about it that boy's country strong
Yea behind every good man, there's a woman
she's the one thing that keeps him goin', keeps him goin'
she's up in the mornin' yawnin' with that coffee pot on
workin' like hell 'til the dinner bell brings him back home
blue collar in her blood, backwoods in her bones
no doubt about it that girl's country strong
cowboy's, plowboys, good hearted women