John Michael Montgomery (born January 20, 1965, in Danville, Kentucky is an… Read Full Bio ↴John Michael Montgomery (born January 20, 1965, in Danville, Kentucky is an American country music artist. He has produced more than thirty singles on the Billboard country charts, including two of Billboard’s Number One country singles of the year: "I Swear" (1994) and "Sold (The Grundy County Auction Incident)" (1995).

Besides these two songs, five more of Montgomery's singles have reached the top of the country charts: "I Love the Way You Love Me", "Be My Baby Tonight", "If You've Got Love", "I Can Love You Like That", and "The Little Girl", while thirteen more have reached Top Ten. Montgomery's recordings of "I Swear" and "I Can Love You Like That" were both released concurrently with R&B versions by the group All-4-One. Montgomery has also released eleven studio albums, counting a Christmas album.

John Michael joined the family band (which also included his brother, Eddie Montgomery, who would later join Troy Gentry in the duo Montgomery Gentry) as guitarist before taking the lead singing role when his parents divorced. Afterwards, he made a frugal living on the local honky-tonk scene as a solo artist playing what he referred to as "working man's country." Eventually, Atlantic Records signed him.

White Christmas
John Michael Montgomery Lyrics

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I'm dreaming of a white Christmas
Just like the ones I used to know
Where the treetops glisten and the children listen
To hear sleigh bells in the snow

I'm dreaming of a white Christmas
With every Christmas card I write
May your days be merry and bright

And may all your Christmases be white

I'm dreaming of a white Christmas
With every Christmas card I write

May your days be merry and bright
And may all your Christmases be white

Overall Meaning

In "White Christmas," John Michael Montgomery sings about his deep longing for a classic White Christmas like those he used to experience in his childhood. He pines for the picturesque scenes where snowflakes fall and cover everything, treetops shimmer in icy splendor, and children wait to hear jingle bells ringing softly in the snow. The lyrics remind us of the simple pleasures of the holiday season that can be so easily taken for granted yet so meaningful in their simplicity. The spirit of goodwill that pervades the season is encapsulated in the hopes and wishes for happiness and good cheer for every recipient of the Christmas card he writes.

The song highlights the theme of nostalgia that is often associated with Christmas, taking us back to a simpler time, where the only thing that mattered was the snow and the laughter that the season brought. It is often played on the radio and in stores during the holiday season, stirring feelings of warmth and fondness in listeners. The song's lyrics are timeless and evoke the sentimental emotions that people may have during Christmas, regardless of the era in which they live.

Line by Line Meaning

I'm dreaming of a white Christmas
I am hoping for a snowy Christmas with magical atmosphere.

Just like the ones I used to know
I want to experience Christmas the way I remember it from my childhood.

Where the treetops glisten and the children listen
I want to see the trees beautifully lit up by the snow and children enjoying the festive season.

To hear sleigh bells in the snow
I want to experience the nostalgic sound of jingle bells ringing on a snowy day.

With every Christmas card I write
Every time I send a card to someone, I wish them a white Christmas.

May your days be merry and bright
I want the holiday season to be filled with joy and happiness for everyone.

And may all your Christmases be white
I hope all of your future Christmases are as magical and snowy as the ones from my past.

Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
Written by: Irving Berlin

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@ryanbrumbaugh5724

2y↑9

To everyone hurting and suffering... All you have to do is turn around and seek Jesus Christ to be your Lord and Savior. He will heal you and take you from the hurt and evil that you are experiencing in life. It may not be exactly what you had hoped for but God is always on time and always right and what you receive from him is what he wants you to have. My thoughts and prayers to all out there who are dealing with some sort of abuse and hurt. I love you and Jesus loves you!

@alexisfowles5295

ME TOO I LOVE JESUS BUT YOU ARE RIGHT

@chuckatwater951

40w↑4

40y/o Infantry Marine - brings me to tears EVERY time

@michellehostutler5032

3y↑8

This sounds so much like my childhood!! My dad was a severely mentally & physically abusive alcoholic drunk of a man who would beat my mom to a bloody pulp ever couple of weeks!! And both my of my parents (mom covert narcissist) were severely mentally & psychologically abusive always to me!! We lived in this extremely small town “Adams Oklahoma”!! There was a very small church just across the street from where we lived!! I’m 52 yrs old now but at the time I was only 3 yrs old!! I had never been to church, never was told about Jesus, & never owned a Bible while growing up! All I can say is that my Jesus from the get go has always been with me!!! And He always made me so very aware of my need for Him to be in my life!! Well that church that was just across the street from me …. When I was only 3 yrs old I begged my mom to please let me go to church!! So my mom would drop me off at church & there was this much older lady (truly believe was my Guardian Angel)….. that I just knew was sent by God!! So come every Sunday morning I would go to big church and I’d sit with this much older lady & I would always fall asleep in her lap!! Now fast forward to when I was in the 5th grade & we lived in Canyon Tx!! And every Sunday morning my mom would drop me off at the First Baptist Church & then would pick me up at noon when church let out!! Well this one Sunday afternoon my mom as always picked me up from church but this time when I got home my daddy told me….. that I would not be able to go to church anymore because my mom picking me up from church interfered…. with cooking our…. Sunday dinner!!! In that very moment I truly got to experience the absolute worst kind of heartbreak & a kind of pain …..that I had never felt before!!!! In that very moment I literally just died deep down inside!! I can remember in my mind saying over & over “I’m so screwed without God“ I’m so screwed without God ” “I’m so screwed without God!! “Every ounce of any kind faith & hope…. that I once so strongly had just like was all gone!! I must testify that even though I didn’t have a Bible & couldn’t go to church anymore my ever most faithful & ever so precious Heavenly Father, Lord Jesus Christ, still to this very day has not ever left my side!!

@lovingthelord2day

1y↑620

I know the story! But I was the alcholic and drug addict. I put my children up for adoption because they deserved better than what i could give them at the time. 7 and a half years ago Jesus delivered me from both! Since then, 2 of my children have contacted me. It's all in Gods time!!! Thank you Jesus for all the blessings you bestow on me each and every day!!!

@mariamorgan9817

1y↑29

I'm so glad that you found Jesus and that he delivered you from addiction! I pray your other children contact you soon! 💚💚

@lovingthelord2day

1y↑20

Thank you so much for your kind words and prayer. It's awesome there's people out there that actually love one another. So much hell in this world, peace now, peace in heaven peace forever! God Bless honey!!!

@kallen5833

1y↑14

Heal the trauma heal the addiction 🥰🥰🥰

@christinamartinez8132

1y↑8

Praise God. 🙏🙏❤❤

@notrody2284

1y↑4

Skill issue

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@propheticintuitiondiscernm9541

2y↑24

This was the story of my life, the only difference is, it doesn't even TOUCH the OTHER issues. My father did not kill my Mother, not physically anyway, & he taught me about God, Yet, right after he would molest us. I lost my virginity at the age of 11... then got kicked out and passed around as if (I) was the problem...yet I was, because at THAT POINT, i was completely rebellious & did not even care anymore. My heart and prayers go out to ANYONE having to deal with this type of pain or ANY pain stemming from childhood abuse. That is something that will stick with you FOREVER, until you LEARN how to MANAGE it! I am praying PEACE, LOVE, & LIGHT, TO ALL whom are effected by mental OR physical abuse. You are ALL in my prayers, even if i do not know your names, GOD knows WHO I am praying for each night when I send these prayers up. I love you all! Do not EVER let ANYONE steal your JOY! Reguardless of what happend to ME, I STILL BELIEVE in GOD!🤞 HiS MERCY is what brought not only ME, but MANY of YOU as well, through your hard times. Many are covered & protected, yet do NOT even KNOW it! But you better BELIEVE it!🤞🙏💖🙏

@ericthomson546

14w

His mercy? You see when my mom was killed when I was 8 I didn't see any.
When my step mother was gripping me in the tub, where was his mercy? When she forced us to kneel in the corner and pray for salvation or when we were locked in the basement for days without food, where exactly was his mercy? When she slashed me with a knife in the garage or spread gossip to the relatives, ummm mercy? How about when I was locked outside in the winter with no winter clothing and 5 miles from town, I'm thinking it wasn't mercy I felt. When I was removed from home on a CHIPS petition, more mercy,? Mercy is for those who go on to have a great life.

@JessieMartin-tk1kw

14w

I’m sorry for what you went through but it’s not gods fault we live in a very evil world with very wicked ppl that I promise you will for there sins. Myself included. Look at it like this that mercy he didn’t have on you is prolly why ur even alive so yes that was gods mercy god saved you from them ppl I no from ur side it’s really hard to look at it that way but you should give it a shot.

@Mheath13

My brother, I'm sorry... I hope you're doing well now, I'm no religious man I will say, but if that is a thing... free will makes us all a%%holes... that being said, hope you're healthy and doing okay mentally, hard to fix something like that, I love ya brother. if it deserving I hope they.....(use imagination) Nobody should be treated like that, I don't care who it is @@ericthomson546

@chaunasonnier827

I am so sorry for what you had to endure and experience. I've had many painful experiences as well, and for a time did not understand why. I do now, and know that God gives free will to all. I also now believe that good that can come out of any situation, including the ones that cause pain and suffering. I know this from experience and have witnessed this following a terrible tragedy to those close to me.
You are not alone in your hurt. He was always there with you

@issac6803

Sorry lil sister, a knight yay prince yay king riding a white horse commeth <- ( yay that is where the stories come from as all other stories & intuitive sayings ) it is tike for HERstory

@west575

4y↑205

I was adopted when i was 7yrs old and God has blessed me with a new family that love me.

@yoyoyojeremy

that is awesome. be good.

@karinlarsen2608

3y↑1

I believe, when we get to heaven, we'll get to know our family members who are so messed up on this side

@karinlarsen2608

3y↑1

@@nevaehharris9562 I've learned it's best to change grief to gratitude, to believe everybody is doing the best they can. When we know better we do better

@cheyennemerritt542

3y↑1

Same here 🖤💯

@perrygrissom2000

3y↑212

This is exactly how me and my wife got our little girl and thank God for her everyday we do

@alyseperez6018

2y↑10

Thank you for giving her loving parents.

@CryMeARiver63

❤❤❤

@coltstone9274

God Bless you...

@dustinhesse3321

4y↑263

We need to recognize this is reality for too many children

@michaellarenee4856

3y↑8

I've worked with foster kids for over twenty years and trust me this is too many children's reality!!!! It's horrible!!! And all too often the foster homes become an even worse situation!!! It's almost like children go outa the frying pan into the fire and then society wonders why so many people are so messed up!!!! You would not believe how many kids I worked with over the years who felt the need to call me Mom!!!! Did I let them???? You bet I did and still do to this day!!!! I gave birth to one biological son who has given me a bonus granddaughter, who was not his biologically, but is ours regardless, and two grandsons!!!! But with all my other children at last count I can claim over thirty five grandchildren!!!! No too darn bad a reward for my work!!!! I'm very blessed!!!!

@kristinatidwell6563

@@michaellarenee4856 What State? Have you retired? I've got an idea that I pitched to NASCAR drivers in 2009 but I had a brain tumor that needed attention so last summer in ve finally been told it's gone. Now I want to start a new nonprofit that addresses the issues that makes foster kids fall thru the cracks in the system. I've already contacted other racers in F1, Indy and dragsters and they've all said YES, & DO IT! They want me to do this because I've been there, done that and bought the Tshirt. My birth family was from Detroit, do you know about the contaminated drinking water in Michigan? It killed 3 generations of my family at once and even some of my friends remembered that my GM died from a brain tumor while I was in foster care. I was adopted Christmas 1981 and my adopted family was awesome to take me, I have learned that there's another way to help others except thru govt help. I can build a nonprofit, which the racers said start in Texas and take it National. Now, when they said that? Idk that North Carolina has a state income tax, so now I think I have enough people to start the 1st board of Directors but I'm still looking for more helpers. Let me know if you're interested? And yes, I'm still in Texas. :)

@michaellarenee4856

@@kristinatidwell6563 I have not retired, group homes I worked in closed up and are no longer opened except the last one which was a Psychological Residential Treatment Facility for extreme behaviored children!!!! I hated working there because their idea was that discipline is too punitive and allowed bad behaviors to go unpunished. For instance I got punched in the face by a 15 year old male and all he got for a punishment was a five minute meditation on what he did wrong!!!! He was back on level within that amount of time!!!! Most of the places I worked at had a stricter program to help children learn life skills and coping mechanisms and they had incentives for children to work towards for better behavior!!!!

I, too, had an idea of starting my own Christian based group home for troubled youths, but I just don't have the kind of money needed to start one!!!!! God bless you with your vision!!!!

@dannydeel471

Like me I'm a child me and I realized my own life

@angelburdick1405

It so sad how people can just not care about there child that much that the litteraly killthemselfs in f4ont of ther child

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@trishanippe8860

3y↑221

I was that girl, hiding behind the couch in 2000. My heart breaks everytime I hear this song and for every child who goes through a similar situation.

@mattwoods7230

2y↑7

Sorry you had to go through that I also went through it n will never put my daughter in any situation close to wat I dealt with..keep your head up

@justinjacobson1369

2y↑10

I know u don’t know me but just know that I love u

@Ginajenki

1y↑3

Me too only we didn't even have a couch. We hid under the house...

@notrody2284

Just say no

@kathyoverstreet7530

1y↑4

I was hiding behind the couch in the late 60's

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@chrischamberlain4846

1y↑88

Anybody with love for the man upstairs can’t hold a tear back during this song . God bless all children that has been raised in a household like this one . God bless em .

@philliphanger8535

God ain’t No man up no stairs! He is God almighty!

@chrischamberlain4846

@@philliphanger8535 why is there always a prick trolling you?

@chrischamberlain4846

1y↑3

@@philliphanger8535 that’s just an expression we use down south in the United States . When we say that , we definitely mean God Almighty.

@davidstakely5518

@@chrischamberlain4846 and that expression needs to be done away with

@jerrybarnes2642

1y↑1

My life is this song

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@katiegreen3615

2y↑145

Been in EMS for a long time...it never gets easier. But you hear kids a lot say that someone was with them, and you know there was no one else in the house. You know Angels were with them. PTL. This song always gives me chills, but in a good way. I thank God that He sends Angels to watch over these babies until we can get to them because their parents are....something.

@bigst05

2y↑6

Amen. Thank god for his mercy.

@davidjohnson8323

50w↑1

Amen

@sethwatters99

43w

Whats ptl?

@hi5homeschool454

41w↑2

@@sethwatters99'praise the lord' is my guess

@amandamcnett2

41w↑2

No one was with me when my mom broke my skull on the bathroom wall .

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@penelopepitstop762

1y↑288

It’s 2023 and this song still has the power to make me cry. Love it. ❤

@Astro_touches_children

Yep

@frosstchild

1y↑3

i dont even think there is a sadder song currently in the world

@penelopepitstop762

1y↑1

@@frosstchild but it ended happy!

@rogerwelton6641

52w↑5

This song will never die

@mariebowman2152

47w↑2

@@frosstchild Concrete Angel is so sad, especially after I learned the story behind it

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@sharonann4871

12w↑4

🎶👼 "She said, I know that Man there on that Cross, I don't know His name BUT I KNOW HE GOT OFF" ♥ 🙏 🎶
God bless each one of you reading this (and those that kept scrolling and didn't see/read) I love each and every one of you ♥️💕

@GrillDavid

4w↑1

I love this song so much my colleague at work recommended this song to me and I decided to give it a try... I have no regrets lol

@GrillDavid

4w↑1

Hi dear I was on my scrolling mode when I saw your profile and sent a text hope you don't find it pestering...?

@sharonann4871

4w↑1

@@GrillDavid no you didn't pester me ☺

@GrillDavid

Thank you. Where are you from beautiful?

@sharonann4871

@@GrillDavid born and raised in Covington Georgia

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@scottcarlson6522

36w↑7

Commenting on my hubby's account.. but this song makes me cry every time! It has such a happy ending. I want to adopt, every time I hear this! ❤

@douglesw

1y↑11

Saw JMM perform this in concert. It's the only time I ever saw an audience ask a singer to play a song again, and he did! It's a perfect combination of sad tears and tears of joy and hope. I feel Jesus' Love every time I play it.

@TheVicki2win

40w

Wish I could see him do this one! WOW!

@seandana826

3y↑71

This is one of the saddest songs ever recorded. Makes my eyeballs sweat every time.

@morganjanelle4282

2y↑3

Sean Dana I agree 💯 Between this song, "Concrete Angel" by Martina McBride and "What Hurts The Most" by Rascal Flatts.... 💔😭😭😭

@wildbill23c

2y↑1

Think this is sad, listen to "Little Boy and the Preacher Man" by Jesse Howard. I think that one is about the same if not worse than "The Little Girl".

@jimbennett5595

3y↑151

Damn..... As a middle aged man in the US I have been conditioned to suppress my feelings. I have only cried a couple of times in my adult life, but this song really gets me every single time I hear it or see the video. I don't believe i have ever watched it without having tears on my face. Very powerful. I truly hate that this is the reality for so many vulnerable young children.

@johnnydavidson5343

1y↑3

I hear you. Makes me misty eyed every time I hear.

@biffy1983

1y↑1

Concrete Angel by Martina McBride

@russelljordan7688

47w

Me too it's emotional manipulation at its finest to push fiction. But imagining it being real hits the heart. He's truly a great puppeteer. Not an insult. I love wh3n ,ovies, songs etc know how to pull our strings and use our emotions against us in a con. That's art make us feel people that aren't us and share their perspective even if it'd fictional b.s.

@daniellemaney7469

45w↑1

I lhave lived a life similar to this song. Was abused by 2 step fathers, from about 1 year old to 13 years old in everyday imaginable. So this song and Independence Day are 2 that bring me to tears all these years later.

@dalewalker517

33w

My son above all

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@katherineharris4917

2y↑6

I remember cleaning the house and Mama stopping everything and turning the radio up just to hear this song better.....we cried and to this day, even though we don't get a long much I always remember her telling me she loved me and that she will always be there for me.....we have fought and argued through the years but I am so thankful for her daily!!!

@CrossingAdventures

1y↑60

This song makes me cry every time. I'm thankful for my grandparents taking me away from my real parents and I'm thankful for the Lord taking care of me because I almost died at the age of 2 because of my uncle. So I'm really thankful for what I got. 🖤🕊

@russelljordan7688

47w

Well I share your thankfulness for grand parents but not the fiction. May the fiction bless you with its false hope my friend

@alexisfowles5295

7w↑1

who still listen to this in 2024
who cry's to it comment and let me know
because I cry to this song so yeah

@deeking1975

2y↑26

I played this song at my precious 2 year old, at her funeral. I had just gotten full custody of her and her 4 year old brother, exactly 3 weeks on the day of my little granddaughter accident. Both of her parents were just like the way the parents are described in this video. If she was still alive today, November 4, she would be 24 yrs old. RIP Samantha Darlene King

@memmie1104

1y↑3

Your granddaughter shares the same birthdays of our oldest granddaughter. We still regret not getting to adopt her. Her mother mentally destroyed such a beautiful little girl. She will be 23 this year but is not the sweet, precious little girl we basically raised the first four years of her life.
My heart breaks that you lost your granddaughter to death. I feel your pain in each word you wrote.

@scottcarlson6522

36w↑1

My daughter is 24. I can't imagine. 💔🙏❤️ Bless you and your sweet family.

@Lilygoat361

10w

I’m very sorry for you’re loss, November fourth is my birthday too.

@shawnbowser9187

3y↑438

"I know that man up there on that cross, I don't know his name, but I know he got off" This just hits hard, it makes me cry, and my oldest brother, he plays this song on guitar, sometimes he can't bring himself to ding this part

@wtfamidoinghere1179

2y↑17

I don't really believe and I'm not a Christian nor do I follow any religion but it does make me kinda happy to see that people can find true happiness in a religion

@candysorrow8444

2y↑5

I agree that part gets to me using my friend phone my name is April

@ryanbrumbaugh5724

2y↑32

@@wtfamidoinghere1179 It does not have to be a religion to know Jesus. It is a personal experience and relationship with Jesus that doesn't mean you are religious. I have a personal relationship with Jesus but I'm not religious. I believe because truthfully, why wouldn't you? With all the horror and evil in this world I would rather believe and have faith in Jesus and that he is real and there is a God our father in heaven then to not believe and face judgement from our creator and spend eternity in hell. No thanks, Jesus my best friend, my Lord and Savior!

@davecollins3837

2y↑5

Amen

@smokes2296

2y↑4

@@ryanbrumbaugh5724 AMEN Brother!!!

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@philipb7400

2y↑13

One powerful song. Lord Jesus please protect those kids Amen

@gregwestermeier3892

1y↑16

The words and message are just heart breaking. You feel her pain, and finally her peace..

@royreish8765

3y↑4

Every person on this planet should hear this song. I'm male and I can't help the tears

@GrillDavid

This song hit so differently, it speaks directly to my heart ❤️ and I can't help it so it's on repeat all day lol. Where are you from beautiful?

@MaryHyltonJohnson555

4y↑60

Just brought tears to my eyes...God is always with the orphans and widows.

@johnmichaelmontgomery3537

3y↑2

Thank you so much I sincerely hope you never stop listening to my music 🎶❤️

@GrillDavid

This song hit so differently, it speaks directly to my heart ❤️ and I can't help it so it's on repeat all day lol. Where are you from beautiful?

@HuuManErroR

3y↑1

God loves this. People who support his word.

@bethanydiller7538

1y↑20

This song hits home really hard for me because I'm a survivor of an abusive house

@allisontucker9874

3y↑36

This song just makes you want to hold your children close to you and give them the unconditional love they deserve

@johnMontgomery-xd6ym

44w↑3

Thanks for loving me and my music

@Faith-in-him

26w

Thank you for this song. As you can see from the countless coments..it has given so much hope to those like myself who grew up in abusive homes. I’m so thankful to God and my grandparents who lovingly showed me that not all love comes with strings. We serve an amazing God and I’m grateful to Him every day that I’m still here, despite my abusive past. Thank you for reaching out with your gift of music to those like myself who have endured much pain. As an adult..I now understand that God allowed me so much pain so that I can understand, love and have compassion toward others who have been through similar circumstances. He allowed me to walk a mile in their shoes. 🙏🏻✝️@@johnMontgomery-xd6ym

@Lostn88

2y↑6

I know HE GOT OFF THAT CROSS because HE held me by HIS SIDE the night my mother died. 1978...Harrisonburg Virginia... Salvation Army Chapel on Main Street. RIP LT. Dora Elizabeth Dutton.

@maryannproffitt44

I have worked with children that go through that kind of stuff when I helped teachers years ago. It is the saddest thing to see the struggles they go through. “ She said I know that man up there on that cross, I don’t know His name but I know he got off” that child saw Jesus. Praise the Lord.

@jrximenez1922

4y↑22

Very rare a song makes me cry because i know the miracles of Jesus and its truly thee greatest feeling

@valerierobertson9275

2y↑4

My dad was an abusive alcoholic. This song hits... so thankful my mom got us out of there.

@seventyseven5978

3y↑15

This song is familiar. God gets the glory for why I'm still here

@alfrede.neuman8898

13w↑1

God Bless Harley Allen for writing this song. He was one of a kind. “Still climbing mountains” R. I.P. Harley.

@tristinkirby

2y↑2

this is one of those songs that it hurts to listen too but it needed to be sung.

@crystasorrow9593

1y↑7

This song is a real tearjerker for anyone that had to grow up in a situation like this

@michaelsmith_32329_

Hello crystal.. how are you doing?

@loneviking9399

3y↑189

This is such a powerful song, artist simply don’t make songs this powerful anymore! This song literally makes me want to hold my children closer, because it is a reality for so many other children out there.

@jeremiahmercks69

46w

I Wrote A Powerful Song About Child Abuse Called Children Lives Matter

@JenniferHollenbeck-yt5yf

41w↑1

The story of my childhood when my mom died at 4 years old. God was woth me every moment of my life through it all. 🙏

@novemberecho3807

4y↑174

I cannot get through this song without crying when she sees the picture of Jesus.

@oneman1812

3y↑2

8118

@calebowens3006

3y↑4

I’m a 25 year old man, this song gets me

@thestormwarrior1607

What picture? I never saw a pic lol. But the song was definitely good!

@bobshafer2028

5y↑418

This song gets me everytime and makes me be the best father i possibly can to my daughter

@DantesBbyGrl07

4y↑6

Have you listened to Alyssa Lies? There’s a tear jerker. It’s sad that we need these kinds of songs though.

@jonadams14

4y↑2

John Michael Montgomery little girl song music video.

@adamgrant1787

4y↑5

@@DantesBbyGrl07Jason Michael Carroll's 'Alyssa Lies' I have that CD and yes that song will make you cry but then there's also Martina McBride - Concrete Angel

@troydixon2722

That come first!!

@joeferland1661

Gfyous

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@phuckyu1594

3y↑3

Some don’t understand being the first responder on a call like this. Makes me cry every time brings back bad memories. You can’t erase or reset this.

@jamesdeboer6789

10w↑2

There may come a day I can sing this song without crying, but it is not this day.

@johnlambert4756

35w↑4

I remember hearing this as a kid and not really thinking much of it but now here I am 34 years old and can't hold my tears back. I don't know how true this particular story is but regardless of that I have to say God is good 🙌

@katscratchfever3506

31w

It’s true for some child somewhere right now 😢

@beaglegirleditz

2y↑4

This song had me in tears. I mean, she had no food, but was to afraid to ask. And child abuse is just so sad and heartbreaking

@mleon3384

3y↑5

I hope my foster parents the Broadways know how much they changed me. The Thomblinsons as well. I love yall. Thank you so much. I pray they continue to impact little girls like me.

@michaelsherm520

4y↑52

This is my favorite song by John Michael Montgomery

@jasonbowen7244

3y↑1

....this makes a grown man cry.

@firstlast-to1mq

3y↑5

I relate to this because my mom had me when she was 18 and she was a wiccan and my real dad did drugs and hes been in jail a lot in my life. When i was 12 he got drunk and passed out and i tried to wake him. Then my mom and grandma came to pick me up. Then i believed that if my own dad cant love me than no man will. On my 16th birthday i saw jesus's face and now im studying to become a pastor

@Kevinmiller1179

2y↑12

A very emotional song with powerful lyrics. Every child in this situation I pray will always be guarded by god.

@robynmccrammer1084

1y↑2

My parents didn't die. I had my oldest brother who saved me, he hid me and our other two siblings under the bed, as my dad came home in a drunken state, and beat him. After he beat my mom. I will always love my oldest brother for that. He has since passed away, but he will always be my hero. We all ended up in foster care. My oldest brother, was severely Autistic. Now I try to live my life the way he would have wanted me to. Loved...this song will always hit hard on my heart...

@shanonpotter6956

3y↑1

I am so sorry to my bables who had to watch momma go through this for far to long....And i cant imagine how it hurt you and worried that your momma would nt make it back home .. .I am fighting hard today and I promise you that I will not stop fighting for a better life...so many lives changed in so many ways..Thank You Lord for your rescue party ...

@princessamberrocks

4y↑117

Every time I hear this song I cry. It never fails.

@johnpoteet5377

3y↑3

Every time I hear this song I cry too

@dano8613

You think this is sad, listen to little boy and preacher man

@jblover9621

2y↑1

you want to hear a real sad song listen to concrete angel by Martina Mcbride I've heard a bunch of sad songs like one voice by Billy gilman and alyssa lies that one's about a true story

@maskcerade

2y↑1

@@johnpoteet5377 hello how are you today

@PetitePalateBaby

Me too - every single time -

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@aliceryan1714

1y↑20

I just heard this song today, brought tears to my eyes . You don't hear songs like this anymore. Beautiful song

@michaelsmith_32329_

Hello Alice.. how are you doing?

@johnMontgomery-xd6ym

44w↑2

Thanks for listening to my music

@TryingtoSmile4U

1y↑1

It is my belief that certain songs such as this one were written in heaven. And God picked someone and gave them the great & wonderful honor of being the one to put it to pen and paper.

@meoffjack9348

2y↑35

I bawled my eyes out the first time I heard this song. Such a underrated gem this song is.

@angelycagreathouse8495

2y↑14

This song hits really close to home for me the only difference is my “parents” are still here and no one took me away from it. I am 27 years old now and lived there it all

@scottcarlson6522

36w

I'm so sorry. 💔 I hope you have the peace and counseling you need for that. ❤

@thestahlfamilycircus7317

23w

So sorry

@jordanpippin1705

1y↑23

This song hits hard.

@patriciajrs46

1y↑9

I love this song even though it makes me so sad. Thank you, Jesus. I am glad that you love me. It almost makes me cry.

@theoneway22

1y↑6

Songs like this just aren't put to paper anymore. I dont care who you are in this world, if this song doesnt make you feel something deep inside, then you may just be dead inside. Find someone to hold close and tell them you love them. Its never too late.

@brentboere5304

4y↑68

I will never understand how anyone could ever abuse or neglect a child.
This song kills me Everytime I listen to it, but also reminds me of this;
Matthew 18:1-5

And he said: “Truly I tell you, unless you change and become like little children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven. Therefore, whoever takes the lowly position of this child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven. And whoever welcomes one such child in my name welcomes me.”

@stevenyoung6364

4y↑3

Suffer the little children to come into Me,&do not hinder them,for the Kingdom of Heaven belongs to such as these.😇👼🏻🙏🏻

@sexykitten0814

4y↑14

Don’t forget the next verse,

Matthew 18:6

“But whoso shall offend one of these little ones which believe in me, it were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and that he were drowned in the depth of the sea.”

@musicman201047

2y↑2

Tell that to the many unborn murdered by abortion, they too, wonder the same thing in Heaven.

@dreamer75438

4y↑17

I can't get through this song without 😢. This is my nephews story. My twin and my nephews dad started using meth and child services got involved, child services had my nephew for 2 years and my mom prayed to adopt him. Her prayer was answered, my nephew is now in a loving home. I took him to church for the first time last week and he loved it. So many people welcomed him.

@andrewwilcox6427

4y↑1

Everytime I hear this song I Tear up myself this song makes me want to be the best Father I can to my 7 year old daughter

@johnmichaelmontgomery3537

3y↑1

Thank you so much I sincerely hope you never stop listening to my music 🎶❤️

@davidjohnson8323

50w

Amen!

@GrillDavid

This song gives me chills what about you...?

@ICYPROFITS

3y↑1

John Michael Montgomery donated money to my mother many years ago. Single mother with 2 boys 4 and 5 years old we had lost everything in a fire. Thats a good man right there folks

@sandralyn5869

2y↑11

I remember hearing this song for the first like it was yesterday. I was on my way home from the bowling alley I worked at (20yrs ago) at around midnight. I had to pull my car onto the side of the road because I was bawling 😭 like a baby and couldn't see where I was going anymore! I just listened to it for the first time in years and found myself STILL crying 😭 like a baby 😊

@grac27

4y↑8

This song always makes me want to be a foster mom. ♥️

@cloo2937

4y↑13

My pastor use to always tell me when I was growing up riding with him to Church,he loves country music because they told heart felt story's. Now I see why. Such a beautiful song.

@maryannproffitt44

2y↑1

That is one of the saddest songs ever in the beginning of it but ends well for the child in the end. If you are blessed enough to have a living child, get your self together and be a good parent. I am thankful I did not have to experience this growing up. For those who did pray thier lives are changed and blessed.

@George-qw8ss

2y↑2

This song Is a stark reminder that this is happening to hundreds of thousands of little kids right this very moment. My own mother was taking us down this path, thankfully our father pulled us outta there in time

@ourcatthefatness

3y↑25

The first time I heard this song I had to pull over because I couldn’t stop the tears. Such a beautiful song.

@floydbutler2470

3y↑14

I would love to hear a continuation of this song to see how the little girl lived after all of that hurt in her young life

@dewayneclayton1961

2y↑1

Don't you know their children everywhere going through this we just have to pray about it God will look over them

@MichelleT-so4we

I pray for children.

God gave humans the gift of life to enjoy.

❤️My childhood was happier than most.

@michaelgaley9532

3y↑13

I'm a Father, Grandfather and Great Grandfather from the first time I heard this song I have cried and I'm heartbroken for all the children that endured this horrific nightmare.

@gothambatbrat

3y↑39

My friend fosters children and today he said "There's an angel behind you! With lots of eyes!" Biblical angels are covered in eyes. Children know the truth. 🥰

@johnmichaelmontgomery3537

3y↑3

Thank you so much I sincerely hope you never stop listening to my music 🎶❤️

@richardtexas6227

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@GrillDavid

This song hit so differently, it speaks directly to my heart ❤️ and I can't help it so it's on repeat all day lol. Where are you from beautiful?

@Jesuslovesall777

50w↑1

Jesus loves you all so much he will bless everyone of you

@zachschaufert5342

3y↑1

This song will make you cry your eyes out

@hitandruncommentor

4y↑5

You know I wish this kinda song came out more often. Why? This song saved my life, my mom had just beaten the living tar and 3rd molar out of me, I could barely move but there was a three story drop out the patio and there wouldn’t be anymore pain. I had told people what she was doing, no one listened because moms don’t do such things. I thought I was the only one. Then this song came on, I wept silently for hours, next morning I went home to my dad he enrolled me in the martial arts and it never happened again.

@lisasheehan-glick4632

1y↑4

I remember the first time I really listened to the lyrics of this song. It was in the early fall of 2000. I was out walking for exercise while listening to the local country radio station on my Walkman.. which of course gives you the opportunity to really listen to song lyrics that you might not otherwise focus on. I remember hearing the lyrics... "Her first day of Sunday school the teacher walked in and a small little girl stared at a picture of Him. She said, "I know that man up there on that cross I don't know his name, but I know he got off" 'Cause he was there in my old house and held me close to his side.. as I hid there behind our couch the night that my parents died" I couldn't walk another step.. and stood on the sidewalk and cried. I'm sure anyone who saw me most likely thought I was crazy.. but I didn't notice.. or care. Those lyrics were and remain.. some of the most impactful of my life. A heartbreaking and important reminder of children living in traumatizing and sadly dysfunctional circumstances. ❤😢

@michaelsmith_32329_

Hello Lisa.. how are you doing?

@buildabravestrongheart

50w↑1

If you are the Little Girl
he wrote this about
I LOVE YOU MIJA
& so does Jehovah of Armies
And King Jesus of Judah

@sagedakotalmft7763

50w↑1

The Divine is watching over us all, even during the most horrific of times. It's difficult to understand why there is so much pain and suffering in the world. Sime people get angry with God. But it is NOT God causing the pain. It is other PEOPLE who have FREE WILL and have chosen the dark side instead of choosing the light! Make the world a better place - choose the LIGHT. ❤

@learnteach2learn729

4y↑724

I miss this kind of country music

@1xkuv

4y↑8

Same

@noahjohn2001

4y↑22

That makes two of us. Just so much soul and passion that is lacking or nonexistent in country music and culture now

@hitandruncommentor

4y↑9

Look up uncle Lucius, keep the wolves away, ballad of a southern man. It’s still out there just half hidden, it’s called folk now for some stupid reason.

@shayewatson9207

4y↑3

Me too

@DuolosX

4y↑5

But what about the beer? And the trucks? And the tractors? And the girls in daisy dukes? Come on, that's what really important in life, right??

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@MS-wk3rj

1y↑6

I don’t even listen to country, but my girlfriend does and she wanted me to listen to this. The story hit hard, and with such an amazing voice that this singer has, it all just touched me deeply….awesome song Mr Montgomery

@jhaezlcabi_oc4030

3y↑1

May God and all the good hearted older people save all the orphan, innocent children out there....

@jeremiahmercks69

I Wrote A Song Called Children Lives Matter And It's Against Child Abuse

@TheCaymanmom

11w↑1

This song breaks my heart every time I hear it I had a dysfunctional home like most but we knew we were loved I had Jesus in my heart from the day I was born my heart goes out to all Gods children that go through such horrors they are so innocent 💔

@TheCaymanmom

11w

My heart goes out to you congratulations on your soberity you did the right thing for your children I pray your heart is at peace you know our Heavenly Father Loves you I pray you get everything your heart desires God Bless You 💜🙏

@chrislawrence8236

4y↑20

First of all that little girl is real and I'm happy to tell everybody that she's about 20 years old Airport and hardly remembers what happened that night thank God

@privateinformation1770

4y↑2

This song was released in 2000. 20 years ago. If that girl is real(not saying she isnt) your math is way off buddy. She would be closer to 30 assuming he wrote the song and published it when she was just under 10.

@privateinformation1770

4y↑1

To reiterate the song is about a little girl not a baby

@toddanderosn5006

Actually 32

@hobbitofisengard32

4y↑81

This song came out almost exactly 19 years ago. It still remains a classic.

@martacenteno9935

2y↑2

What a beautiful song it remained me when I was a child

@ashleigh69024

41w↑1

Me and my sister used to hide behind our bunk beds growing up. My dad was an alcoholic. However, today he is 15 years sober and we have a better understanding and relationship.

@brandonjackson9168

I know many individuals (including myself) who can relate to this song. Its a continuing crisis that no one seems to want to address. I know kids that lost their parents to drug overdoses and it messes them up growing up. The children themelves may or may not be abused personally but they come from a troubled home nonetheless and it follows them into adulthood. I was fortunate to end up with a mother who taught us about Jesus at an early age before she passed away but so many do not. My siblings and I endured many unspeakable horrors from the hands of our stepmother after our mother passed away in a car crash (forced to sleep outside in below freezing temps, locked in basements, starved some days, hands nearly burned on stove eyes, and other stuff that I can't even mention). I was fortunate to go live with a God fearing relative once CPS got involved but my siblings were not so fortunate. They ended up in foster homes that in some cases were worse than the sad situation they were leaving. Its led to a strained relationship with my dad and siblings over the years

@AJHohmann

2y↑10

One of, if not the only song that gives me absolute goosebumps. And now that I’m a father myself, it hits even harder.

@hi5homeschool454

41w↑1

Go listen to the song Alyssa Lies 😭

@katscratchfever3506

31w

@@hi5homeschool454that’s also a great one!!

@korit7047

2y↑4

This song hits home for me. My brother use to take me to hide behind the couch when our parents constiently fought forever resignates in my soul

@nicole4659

1y↑1

Me too in the beginning. Until my big brother started doing the same thing to me...

@scottcarlson6522

36w

What a good brother. I pray you and him get the counseling, peace, and freedom you need. ❤🙏💔

@VincentTheAutisticGoblin

15w↑2

My mom starts crying every time she hears this song. Her mom took her to a John Michael Montgomery concert and this song was sang at that concert and she started crying heavily and a lot. "That song tears you up inside every time you hear it. I am crying right now just talking about it!" She said yesterday. I had forgotten to listen to it yesterday so I listened to it today. Everyone have a good day and a good year!

@patrickbconley

My Daughter was riding in her car seat with her Mom on I-71 heading to Louisville when the U-Joint broke on a Semi's driveshaft sending it into the passenger side of the car and back passenger window. I got the call and drove so fast to them. All I knew was she was hurt. My Daughter's face was bloody from broken glass and traffic was backed up for miles. I took the shoulder and grass to get to her. EMS was treating her but when I held her tight she said "God saved me". She was barely big enough to talk and we just started taking her to church. I cried like a baby and THAT was a reality check for me and my faith ❤️. This song hits hard on many levels..

@nicolesmith481

4y↑11

I left a domestic abuse of 11 yrs to protect my 3 sons I love my son's each and everyday and I make known that they know God

@jimbennett5595

3y↑4

I grew up in a unhappy home where alcoholism fueled violent fights daily with my parents. I hid in my locked bedroom from 10 years old on up. Thankfully my parents never killed each other and eventually both my parents stopped drinking years after I left home, but this song really hits you hard if there is even a shred of commonality to your own life story. When I saw the image of the little girl running away to escape the horrors of her home I had a flashback of me doing exactly the same thing one time when my parents were having a particularly bad and bloody fight. I ran miles to a family friend's house. They called my parents who said they didn't even know I was gone and it was after 1am in the morning. My heart goes out to all of the children who live this nightmare everyday. It's very sad and the scars run deep both physically and emotionally. 💔

@brandonmeyers9070

20w↑1

Such a great and powerful song... still listening in 2023

@braydenpfau6702

45w

Thank You Jesus for All Blessings

@aaronmccaleb7315

2y↑11

I was 17 years old at the time this came out. I'll be 40 in less than a week. It's amazing how songs can be so much more meaningful when we get older and understand the message. I cried in my car when he sang about Jesus holding her close to his side...

@johnMontgomery-xd6ym

44w

Thanks for loving my music

@katscratchfever3506

31w

@@johnMontgomery-xd6ymstop scamming

@HuuManErroR

3y↑7

John micheal reminds me of me, trying to allow people to realize that this addiction epidemic could subside but it won’t, I have hope for everyone but this most likely will never end. Communities could build more and more without so many arrests.

@fionalee1120

2y↑1

This is my childhood in one music video except my mom didnt drink or do drugs but my step dad did the drinking mixed with pills. This song gives me so many different emotions. I thank the lord and savior jesus christ for getting us out alive

@mikewood8561

3y↑2

This song should be plastered all over the world. Drugs and alcohol are killers. They will take everything from you slowly and the last thing is your life. I'm 6 years sober and twice lost everything I had including my kids and wife. I have my kids back and am sober but I don't wish that addiction and pain and struggle on anyone. You can get clean, if you want it. Be safe and God bless.

@jeremiahmercks69

My Parents Was On Drugs And Died From It

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