McGraw had eleven consecutive albums to debut at Number One on the Billboard albums charts; Twenty-one singles to hit number 1 on the Billboard Hot Country 100 chart; three singles named the #1 country song of the year; (It's Your Love, Just To See You Smile, and Live Like You Were Dying) Won 3 Grammys, 14 Academy of Country Music awards, 11 Country Music Association (CMA) awards, 10 American Music Awards and 3 People's Choice Awards. Ranked as one of the top five in all genres of music, his Soul2Soul II tour with Faith Hill became the highest-grossing tour in country music history.
McGraw has ventured into acting, with a supporting role in the Billy Bob Thornton film, Friday Night Lights, a role in The Kingdom, a lead role in 2006's Flicka and a supporting role in Four Christmases with Vince Vaughn and Reese Witherspoon. He is also a minority owner of the Arena Football League's Nashville Kats.
McGraw came to the attention of Curb Records in 1990. After cutting a demo single, McGraw gave a copy to his father, Tug McGraw. A man who was friends with Curb Records executives heard the demo while driving with Tug McGraw one day and recommended that Curb contact the young singer. Several weeks after he was able to play his tape for Curb executives, they signed him to a recording contract. Two years later, in 1992, he had his first minor hit Welcome to the Club off his self-titled debut album, Tim McGraw. Although the album failed to make much of a dent on the charts, McGraw did have two other minor hits from it in 1993, Memory Lane and Two Steppin Mind.
All I Want, released in 1995, continued his run of success, debuting at number one on the country charts. The album sold over two million copies and reached the top 5 on the Billboard 200. I Like It, I Love It reached number one on the country charts as the leadoff single, while She Never Lets It Go to Her Heart also went to number one in 1996. Can't Be Really Gone, All I Want is a Life, and Maybe We Should Just Sleep On It were all top 5 hits.
In 1996, McGraw headlined the most successful country tour of the year, The Spontaneous Combustion Tour, with Faith Hill as his supporting act. Faith Hill broke off her engagement to her former producer Scott Hendricks so that she and Tim could start dating each other; then married on October 6, 1996. The couple have since had three daughters, Gracie Katherine (born May 1997), Maggie Elizabeth (born August 1998) and Audrey Caroline (born December 2001).
McGraw's next album, 1997's Everywhere, again topped the country charts and reached number two on the album charts, selling 4 million copies. The first single, It’s Your Love, a duet with Faith Hill, became the first single in twenty years to spend six weeks on top of Billboard's country singles chart (the previous such song had been Waylon Jennings and Willie Nelson's "Luckenbach, Texas (Back to the Basics of Love)" in 1977). The single reached #7 on the pop chart (and gained platinum status); and became the most played single in the history of the Billboard country charts. Five more singles Everywhere, Where the Green Grass Grows, One of These Days, For a Little While, and Just to See You Smile reached the top of the country charts from the album, with the last of these setting a new record by spending 42 weeks on the Billboard charts. The Country Music Association awarded Everywhere its Album of the Year award for 1997.
A Place in the Sun in 1999 continued McGraw's streak, debuting atop both the US pop and country album charts and selling three million albums. It featured another four chart topping singles on the country charts including Please Remember Me, Something Like That, My Best Friend, and My Next Thirty Years; Some Things Never Change reached #7 on the country chart. He also contributed a song for the Grammy-winning tribute album to Bob Wills, Ride With Bob. His song, a cover of Milk Cow Blues, was recorded as a duet with Asleep at the Wheel[/artost], whom he had met while performing together at the George Strait Country Music Festival.
McGraw recorded two more duets with his wife in the late 1990s, both of which appeared on her albums. Just to Hear You Say That You Love Me off her multi-platinum 1998 album Faith, reached the top five of the US country charts, while her follow-up and 1999 album Breathe featured Let's Make Love, which would win a Grammy Award in 2000 for Best Country Vocal Collaboration.
In 2000, McGraw released his Greatest Hits album which topped the charts for nine weeks and sold almost 6 million copies, making it one of the biggest selling albums in the modern country market. In the latter half of the year, he and Hill went out on the Soul2Soul Tour, playing to sellout crowds in 64 venues including Madison Square Garden. It was one of the top tours of any genre in the US and the leading country tour during 2000.
While in Buffalo, McGraw and Kenny Chesney became involved in a scuffle with police officers after Chesney, who had permission from the sheriff's daughter, attempted to ride a police horse. McGraw came to Chesney's aid after police officers nearby believed the horse was being stolen and tried to arrest him. The two were arrested and charged with assault, but were later cleared. During a concert with the George Strait Country Music Festival several weeks later, Hill, dressed as a police officer, made an unscheduled appearance at the end of McGraw's set and led him off the stage.
McGraw's next album, Set This Circus Down, was released in April 2001 and spawned four number one country hits - Grown Men Don't Cry, Angry All the Time (with Faith Hill), The Cowboy in Me, and Unbroken. He also provided harmony vocals for the Jo Dee Messina song Bring On the Rain, which he also produced. The song topped the country charts.
Hungry for more of his music, fans downloaded a version of his performance of the song Things Change from his appearance at the Country Music Association Awards Show. The song was played extensively on radio, becoming the first country song to appear on the charts from a fully downloaded version.
In 2002, Tim McGraw bucked country music traditions by recording his album Tim McGraw and the Dancehall Doctors with his tour band The Dancehall Doctors. Unlike rock music, where it is commonplace for touring bands to provide the music on albums recorded by the artist they support, country albums are typically recorded with session musicians. McGraw chose to use his own touring band in order to recognize their part in his success and to capture some of the feel of a real band.
All of the Dancehall Doctors have worked with McGraw since at least 1996. They include:
* Darran Smith - Lead Guitar, Acoustic guitar
* Bob Minner - Rhythm Guitar, Acoustic guitar, Banjo, Mandolin
* Denny Hemingson - Steel Guitar, Electric, Baritone, and Slide Guitars, Dobro
* John Marcus - Bass guitar
* Dean Brown - Fiddle, Mandolin
* Jeff McMahon - Piano, Organ, Synthesizer, Keyboards
* Billy Mason - Drums
* David Dunkley - Percussion.
The album debuted at number 2 on the country albums charts, with the single Real Good Man reaching number one on the Hot Country Songs chart. She's My Kind of Rain reached number 2 in 2003 and Red Ragtop reached the top 5. The album also featured a cover version of an early Elton John 1970 classic Tiny Dancer, as well as appearances by Kim Carnes on Comfort Me - a response to the September 11, 2001 attacks - and Don Henley and Timothy B. Schmit of the Eagles on Illegal.
2004's Live Like You Were Dying continued McGraw's record of commercial success. The title track, dedicated to his father Tug McGraw who died of a brain tumor earlier in the year, was a soaring ode to living life fully and in the moment, while the second single Back When was a paean to an easy nostalgia. Live Like You Were Dying spent seven non-consecutive weeks at #1 on Billboard (10 weeks on Radio & Records) and went on to become the biggest hit single of the year. It also became one the most awarded songs/records by winning ACM Single and Song of the Year, CMA Single and Song of the Year and a Grammy.
In late 2004, his unlikely duet with hip-hop artist Nelly on Over and Over, a soft ballad of lost love, became a crossover hit spending 10 weeks atop the Top 40 chart. This made Tim the first modern country artist to have two 10 week number one hits in a single year. "Over and Over" brought McGraw a success he had never previously experienced on contemporary hit radio, rap radio, and brought both artists success neither had previously experienced in the hot adult contemporary market. The song also spent a week at the top of the UK single charts, and was McGraw's first visit to the UK hit countdown.
Throughout the 2005 NFL season McGraw sang an alternate version of I Like It, I Love It every week during the season. The alternate lyrics, which changed each week, would make reference to plays during Sunday's games and the song would be played alongside video highlights during halftime on Monday Night Football. Later in the year McGraw became a minority owner of the Arena Football League's Nashville Kats when majority owner Bud Adams (owner of the NFL's Tennessee Titans) was awarded the expansion franchise. It was dedicated to Tug McGraw..
In April 2006 McGraw and Hill began their 73-concert, 55 city, Soul2Soul II Tour 2006, again to strong commercial acceptance. The tour grossed nearly $89 million and sold almost 1.1 million tickets, making it the top grossing tour in the history of country music. It was named "Major Tour of the Year" by the prestigious Pollstar Magazine, beating out such heavyweights as Madonna and the Rolling Stones. In a special gesture, the couple donated all of the profits from their performance in New Orleans to Hurricane Katrina relief.
Tim, along with Kenny Chesney, contributed to a version of Tracy Lawrence 's song Find Out Who Your Friends Are, which can be found on Lawrence's album For the Love. Although the official single version features only Lawrence's vocals, many stations have opted to play the version with McGraw and Chesney instead.
McGraw released his eleventh album, Let It Go, on March 27, 2007. The album's debut single, Last Dollar (Fly Away), reached No. 1 on the Hot Country Songs chart, marking Tim's first No. 1 single since Back When in late 2004. The album debuted at #1 on the Billboard Top 200 Album Chart and #1 on the Billboard Country Album chart, marking his 4th #1 top 200 album and 9th #1 country album. His daughters can be heard singing the chorus during the last few seconds of the song on the video.
During the Academy of Country Music awards show on May 21, 2007, McGraw performed a song titled If You're Reading This, which he co-wrote with The Warren Brothers. Several radio stations began to play the live recording of the song; as a result, it entered the Hot Country Songs chart at #35.
McGraw also produced the debut album of country music duo Halfway to Hazard. The duo's first single, Daisy, peaked at #39 on the country charts in Summer of 2007.
In the summer of 2007 McGraw and Hill toured together once again in the Soul2Soul 2007 tour.
In the January 18, 2008 edition of the USA Today newspaper, McGraw was featured on the Def Leppard album Songs From The Sparkle Lounge and has co-written the first single, Nine Lives, with Def Leppard band members Joe Elliott, Phil Collen and Rick Savage. The unusual pairing goes back to 2006 when McGraw joined Def Leppard onstage for the song Pour Some Sugar On Me. The album has a release date of May 6, 2008.
In May 2008 he hit the road with the Live Your Voice Tour. The mainly outdoor arena concert tour will be his first solo outing in nearly three years. Also in May 2008, he debuted a new song off of his follow-up to Let It Go at the Stagecoach Music Festival in Indio, California.
In July 2008, Tim McGraw's sixth single, and the title track of his album, Let It Go, was released to country radio. Following that, a seventh single, Nothin' To Die For, entered the Country charts at 57 late December. Tim McGraw released his third greatest hits package, Greatest Hits 3 on October 7, 2008. The album features 12 tracks. No new material was recorded for the compilation. A new album of all new material was scheduled for release in October, but has since been pushed back to 2009.
The Better Than I Used To Be Songfacts states that after over 20 years with Curb Records and a legal battle, Tim McGraw finally left the label after a judge freed him from his contract. Curb immediately released Better Than I Used To Be as the second single from Emotional Traffic, an album that had been shelved for several months following the dispute.
The Truck Yeah Songfacts reports that McGraw signed with Big Machine Records on May 21, 2012.
Love You Goodbye
Tim McGraw Lyrics
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His folks were divorced
His old man high on something
Came knocking at the door
His mama wouldn't talk to him
She said boy dontcha let him in
She was cussing and pacing and wasting her life
He took him back to his old apartment
Turned off the TV
His beautiful broken hero on the couch
Passed out asleep
And he put 'em to bed
With tears in his eyes
He said dad I love you, goodbye
He headed out into the night
Seventeen years old
Fired up that rusty old pickup
Turned his collar to the cold
And he headed back to mama's place
Ready for his big escape
And he tiptoed up the stairs and left a note
In the cover's fold
It said mom I wish I could wave a wand
And make you smile again
Bring back the man who stole your heart
'Fore the demons got to him
If I stay here any longer
Something sacred's gonna die
He said mom I love you, goodbye
Took a lot of wrong turns on the road
Finding his life
By the grace of God he ended up
With a little boy and a wife
And the phone call came from his sister
It was that old familiar pain
His mother was at the doorstep
Of heaven's pure white light
At the end of the service
His father came up to him
Clear eyed and sober now he said
Boy Jesus took my sins
And I pray someday maybe you'll forgive me too
With tears in his eyes
He said son I love you, goodbye
His plane touched down in Texas
He pulled out his phone
Dialed in the number, got the machine
Of his old man's home
He said dad we got an extra room
And your grandson has your eyes
Couldn't say anything else
Cause he started to cry
And he choked out dad I love you, goodbye
Dad I love you, goodbye
The lyrics to Tim McGraw's song Love You Goodbye take us on an emotional journey of a young man who has been a witness to his father's addiction and his mother's resulting bitterness towards him. As the song unfolds, we see the singer recall the childhood memories where his father was high on something and would come knocking at the door while his mother would refuse to let him in. Interestingly, the singer took his father back to his apartment, where he passed out asleep on the couch. This is a significant moment as it shows the young man's forgiveness towards his father, which is also evident in him saying, "dad I love you, goodbye."
The lyrics also take us through the young man's life, where he recalls the moment when he decided to escape his mother's misery and move on with his life. The song talks about the young man finding his life by taking a lot of wrong turns on the road and eventually ending up with a little boy and a wife. The singer's father comes back into his life towards the end, sober and clear-eyed, seeking forgiveness for his past mistakes. This is a poignant moment in the song, as the young man is finally able to reconcile with his father before he passes away.
Line by Line Meaning
He was thinking back when he was a kid
He was reminiscing about his childhood.
His folks were divorced
His parents were separated.
His old man high on something
His father was under the influence of drugs/alcohol.
Came knocking at the door
His father came to their house and knocked on the door.
His mama wouldn't talk to him
His mother didn't want to speak to his father.
She said boy dontcha let him in
She didn't want him to allow his father inside their home.
She was cussing and pacing and wasting her life
His mother was angry, restless and wasn't living her life to the fullest.
On that linoleum floor
She was on the floor which had linoleum flooring.
He took him back to his old apartment
He took his father to his old apartment.
Turned off the TV
He switched off the television.
His beautiful broken hero on the couch
His father, whom he admired but was flawed, was lying on the sofa.
Passed out asleep
His father was unconscious due to intoxication.
And he put 'em to bed
He helped his father to sleep.
With tears in his eyes
He was crying.
He said dad I love you, goodbye
He told his father that he loved him but that it was goodbye.
He headed out into the night
He left his father's apartment and went out into the night.
Seventeen years old
He was 17 years old.
Fired up that rusty old pickup
He started his old, rusty pickup truck.
Turned his collar to the cold
He turned his collar up to protect against the cold weather.
And he headed back to mama's place
He went back to his mother's house.
Ready for his big escape
He was prepared to run away.
And he tiptoed up the stairs and left a note
He silently climbed up the stairs and left a written message.
In the cover's fold
He left the note in a fold of a book cover.
It said mom I wish I could wave a wand
The note conveyed how he wished he could make his mother's life better/more enjoyable.
And make you smile again
The writer wanted his mother to be happy again.
Bring back the man who stole your heart
He wanted his mother's husband, who she loved, to return and bring her joy.
'Fore the demons got to him
Before the person succumbed to their vices/problems.
If I stay here any longer
If he remained at home any longer.
Something sacred's gonna die
Something deeply respected and cherished would be lost forever.
He said mom I love you, goodbye
He told his mother that he loved her but that it was goodbye.
Took a lot of wrong turns on the road
He made many mistakes on his journey.
Finding his life
He discovered his purpose in life.
By the grace of God he ended up
He reached his destination through the favour of God.
With a little boy and a wife
He had a wife and a son.
And the phone call came from his sister
His sister called on the phone.
It was that old familiar pain
He knew what the call was about and it brought back memories of a painful past.
His mother was at the doorstep
His mother was close to death.
Of heaven's pure white light
She was about to enter the afterlife.
At the end of the service
After his mother's funeral.
His father came up to him
His father approached him.
Clear eyed and sober now he said
His father was now lucid and sober.
Boy Jesus took my sins
His father had found salvation through Jesus Christ.
And I pray someday maybe you'll forgive me too
He hoped his son would also forgive him for his past transgressions.
With tears in his eyes
His father was crying.
He said son I love you, goodbye
He told his son that he loved him, but that it was goodbye.
His plane touched down in Texas
His plane landed in Texas.
He pulled out his phone
He took out his cell phone.
Dialed in the number, got the machine
He called his father but only got his voicemail.
Of his old man's home
The machine was the answering machine of his father's house.
He said dad we got an extra room
He invited his father to stay with them.
And your grandson has your eyes
His grandson had inherited his father's eyes.
Couldn't say anything else
He was too emotional to continue.
Cause he started to cry
He began to cry.
And he choked out dad I love you, goodbye
He managed to say 'I love you,' but that it was goodbye to his dad.
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
Written by: TOM DOUGLAS, JAMIE O'HARA
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
19murphy9696
He was thinking back when he was a kid
His folks were divorced
His old man high on something
Came knocking at the door
His mama wouldn't talk to him
She said boy dontcha let him in
She was cussing and pacing and wasting her life
On that linoleum floor
He took him back to his old apartment
Turned off the TV
His beautiful broken hero on the couch
Passed out asleep
And he put 'em to bed
With tears in his eyes
He said dad I love you, goodbye
He headed out into the night
Seventeen years old
Fired up that rusty old pickup
Turned his collar to the cold
And he headed back to mama's place
Ready for his big escape
And he tiptoed up the stairs and left a note
In the cover's fold
It said mom I wish I could wave a wand
And make you smile again
Bring back the man who stole your heart
'Fore the demons got to him
If I stay here any longer
Something sacred's gonna die
He said mom I love you, goodbye
Took a lot of wrong turns on the road
Finding his life
By the grace of God he ended up
With a little boy and a wife
And the phone call came from his sister
It was that old familiar pain
His mother was at the doorstep
Of heaven's pure white light
At the end of the service
His father came up to him
Clear eyed and sober now he said
Boy Jesus took my sins
And I pray someday maybe you'll forgive me too
With tears in his eyes
He said son I love you, goodbye
His plane touched down in Texas
He pulled out his phone
Dialed in the number, got the machine
Of his old man's home
He said dad we got an extra room
And your grandson has your eyes
Couldn't say anything else
Cause he started to cry
And he choked out dad I love you, goodbye
Dad I love you, goodbye
Pondy Hsu
He was thinking back when he was a kid
His folks were divorced
His old man high on something
came knocking at the door
His mama wouldn't talk to him
She said boy don't you let him in
She was cussing and pacing
and wasting her life
On that linoleum floor
He took him back to his old apartment,
turned off the TV
His beautiful broken hero
on the couch passed out asleep
And he put 'em to bed with tears in his eyes
He said dad, I love you Goodbye
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He headed out into the night seventeen years old
Fired up that rusty old pickup
turned his collar to the cold
And he headed back to mama's place
Ready for his big escape
and he tiptoed up the stairs
and left a note In the cover's fold
It said mom I wish I could wave a wand
And make you smile again
Bring back the man who stole your heart
'fore the demons got to him
If I stay here any longer
something sacred gonna die
He said mom I love you, Goodbye
************
Took a lot of wrong turns
on the road finding his life
By the grace of God
he ended up with a little boy and a wife
And the phone call came from his sister
It was that old familiar pain
His mother was at the doorstep
Of heaven's pure white light
At the end of the service his father came up to him
Clear eyed and sober now
he said boy Jesus took my sins
And I pray someday maybe you'll forgive me too
With tears in his eyes
he said son I love you, Goodbye
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His plane touched down in Texas
He pulled out his phone dialed in the number,
got the machine of his old man's home
He said dad we got an extra room
And your grandson has your eyes
Couldn't say anything else cause he started to cry
And he choked out dad I love you, Goodbye
Dad I love you, Goodbye.....
Bonnie Bowen
I'm hearing this song for the first time. I don't know why this amazing song hasn't received any air time and, I clearly need to listen to more of his songs that haven't been on the radio. Forgiveness is a powerful healer. This song really spoke to my heart.
Chris Clouse
this song is a heart wrencher....i admit i get choked up when i play this, i lived a lot of this so far in my 42 years
moveoveryoy
I love this song. i get chills just listening to it
Richard Redlight
His songs are a part of the soundtrack of my life, this is one of them
Tim McGraw
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Richard Redlight
@Tim McGraw i live in Europe so the chance of catching you live iis not easy in these Corona times, would love to see you perform in Holland one day.....
Ruby and Bree
Tim McGraw, never stop singing, you always can touch everyone's heart.
Alicia Hopkins
I've loved this man's music most my long life. This one always brings tears. Makes me think of my Mom and how much my life needs here. I wasnt ready to let her go. Bless you Mcraw
19murphy9696
He was thinking back when he was a kid
His folks were divorced
His old man high on something
Came knocking at the door
His mama wouldn't talk to him
She said boy dontcha let him in
She was cussing and pacing and wasting her life
On that linoleum floor
He took him back to his old apartment
Turned off the TV
His beautiful broken hero on the couch
Passed out asleep
And he put 'em to bed
With tears in his eyes
He said dad I love you, goodbye
He headed out into the night
Seventeen years old
Fired up that rusty old pickup
Turned his collar to the cold
And he headed back to mama's place
Ready for his big escape
And he tiptoed up the stairs and left a note
In the cover's fold
It said mom I wish I could wave a wand
And make you smile again
Bring back the man who stole your heart
'Fore the demons got to him
If I stay here any longer
Something sacred's gonna die
He said mom I love you, goodbye
Took a lot of wrong turns on the road
Finding his life
By the grace of God he ended up
With a little boy and a wife
And the phone call came from his sister
It was that old familiar pain
His mother was at the doorstep
Of heaven's pure white light
At the end of the service
His father came up to him
Clear eyed and sober now he said
Boy Jesus took my sins
And I pray someday maybe you'll forgive me too
With tears in his eyes
He said son I love you, goodbye
His plane touched down in Texas
He pulled out his phone
Dialed in the number, got the machine
Of his old man's home
He said dad we got an extra room
And your grandson has your eyes
Couldn't say anything else
Cause he started to cry
And he choked out dad I love you, goodbye
Dad I love you, goodbye
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