The mistakes that I had made in my life I regret every single one of them but I had ask god for forgiveness this is a true testimony that god is real and all things are possible
You tell it brother... Im 44, singer/songwriter/guitarist. Been drinking and partying for all my life. Got sober for 7 years, fell off. Got worse. 4 DUIs, high speed chases etc. In Kansas City. Spent 2 years behind bars, still struggled after I got out. Christmas day was 90 days... Again... Spent Christmas alone. Pushed out everyone in my life who cared for me, but made it thru the holidays sober. Got a great job with an old business acquaintance and things are awesome. God is great! Keep it up
Well this is not a buddy but I could be you go girl lol lol😂but that's OK I love being incognito lol .❤😂😢🎉
Damn brother you wrote this 11 years ago. I hope your still pulling strong.
That takes a lot. Thanks for being strong for the ones that aren’t ready yet.
Jake is one of the most underrated country artist! In reality hes one of the best.
When I was in my 20s I would listen to this song because I liked the lyrics...but here I am almost 32 and I can relate to every single lyric to this gem!💯🖤
I can totally relate to you about this awesome Jake Owen tune beautiful
Don't feel lonely, dear... I promise I've done my fair share plus a few others share... and maybe part of yours as well
At 28 years old this song takes me back to my teens and through my hard years where i was in a very dark place. Such an amazing song
This should have been a Number One Hit ! What a great song! Cudos to Jimmy Ritchy and Jake ! Still kicks ass !
5 weeks 3 days ago this song come on the radio.. it was the first time i heard it in almost a year, and this song is one of the main reasons i got off drugs. thank you to the writers of this song, and Jake Owen for doing such a wonderful job. 5 weeks 3 days sober and counting!
I let Wild Turkey and drugs ruin my life back in my younger days,Id give anything if I could have just left the drink and drugs alone,Im 5 years clean now,but it hasnt changed all the hell I put my family through,yes sir Id changed a lot of things,starting with me.I was a drunk as a child,my mother died while at work supporting my 4 sisters and me,I lost it,couldnt deal with life so I stayed wasted for nearly 35 years,I dont feel amazing,im no super man,Im a simple man.my moms only son.miss you.
This song has got mylife written all over it....It's hard to take I think that's why some folks cant handle country. It really gets you thinking and hits you right at the heart. I love country.
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Please make more true country like this!
"I Wasn't there standing by the bed when the preacher bowed his head with my family the day my grandma died." Heartbreaking.
That part always chokes me up.... That's the biggest regret I have.
Harley Horman That part of this song makes me cry and need a big hug really bad. My late grandmother died during my senior year of high school. I miss her so much even still to this day. And even though I am a Christian, there are many things that I wish I could go back and undo, including something really bad that I did that cost me my job back in January of 2014. From me to the man who owns my old job, if you ever come across this video and read this post of mine, I beg and plea for your forgiveness for what I did. I promise you (for the rest of my life) that I didn't mean to do what I did back then, even though what I did was inappropriate. I still and forever will accept full responsibility for said mistake. Even if I can't return to work there, at least forgive me as a man for it.
We all live with regrets from things we have done in our younger years. It is part of maturing as a Man or a Woman. Every day is a blank canvas and we can paint it any way we want...The more mistakes we have made and learned from, just makes the picture you paint today much more refined and beautiful. Those who are truly blessed have the opportunity to get things right in their lives before its to late for your loved ones to see.
Allan Mika and people don’t realize how fast life passes by man I’m 32 now an it doesn’t seem long ago I was 18
Why can't we have more songs like this (i.e. very good) on the radio today as opposed to skinny jean bro country?
joetcacciola it's gone, done and overwith. complete history. Jake doesn't even make music like this anymore.
The reason is because the industry slowly wants all music to sound the same so the can easily pick the artists who matches that and spend little money advertising and they will be popular. All about money.
I agree, but I’d just like to clarify no one who wears skinny jeans can be classified as a bro.
Mercy is attracted to misery, poor broken people who reslize this is the beginning of truly knowing Christ.
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I felt this in my soul! Lost everything to alcohol. It’s been 8 months I’ve been sober now. Starting to get it back
Fucking hope you’ve kept on. Congrats on 8, CZcams says this was 7 months ago, so I hope you’ve got 15 in now. ❤️🤘🏼
This is my life anthem. That's why I quit drinking 8 years 5 months and 9 days ago.
That grandma line hits home so hard. Especially since my grandma just passed away Sunday. I should've visited her a lot more. I love you grandma. Rip
Same here. I was in prison. That woman raised me... And I wasn't there... 😭
This is my eldest son's anthem.
Sadly, he's 45 years old & still on the same road.
All these things, (& more), he's done leaving a human debris path in his wake.
Thanks, Jake Owen, for singing this song to & for all the mamas whose children will never look inward & grow up.
Maybe he needs some moral support And a boost of confidence. I've struggled with alcohol and broke my mom's heart more than once. Got a job in commercial fishing and it changed my life.
@@icedclips725
I just read your response 11 months later.
I'm afraid you got it backwards.
Read the 12 steps of A.A., especially #8 and #9.
It's not about what others owe you, but what you owe others regarding your addiction.
I respect tremendously someone who's gotten clean & sober.
Congratulations on that.
Peace.
Addictions can be beat in different ways. The 12 step program doesn't work for everyone that's why they keep relapsing. People have to find other healthy things to take the place of their Addictions. If someone finds something that they're passionate about they have the best chance of successfully beating the Addiction. I dreaded going to 12 step meetings. So i became passionate about hiking and exercising. You should always support someone morally. Just be there to talk to them. It doesn't mean supplying them with money.
Gotta love it when a parent calls their own kid out on social media!!! And ya wonder why he’s rebellious??
My life was a train wreck for a year after my ex left. This song helped me put the bottle down , put my boots on and get my shit together
Congrats I put the bottle down for personal reasons & it be 3 months on the 3/7
Newsflash: I'm guessing your ex left because your life was already a trainwreck. Cause and effect not effect and cause
This song is beautiful and has a ton of meaning that a lot of people should heed!!
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One of the reasons i love country music, not the crap they come out with nowadays
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Man..... If I could go back and restart!!!!!! Only good thing that's come out the past 20 years are my CHILDREN!!! I LOVE YOU ALISON AND STEVEN!!!!! DADDY WILL DO BETTER!!!
This song really makes you stop and think about the bad choices we’ve all made in our lives. Great song with a great message!
Even though it said grandma, it reminds me of granddaddy that I lost when I was nine... I wish I could turn back time, so I could see him before he passed away
Remember when this song came out, I’m still here at 2019 coming back to it!
This song hits different when you have to make a life changing decision. The person you're thinking about right now, just remember the person you have you once wanted that just as bad
this song make us think about life
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What gets me is that literally understand every damn word. And yet i cant seem to turn my life around. Im a open wound that will never heal. And my daughter is someone i pray god never sees my addiction. Pray for me. But... (it starts with me)
This is the only song that has ever made me cry. So much meaning, if I could go back at tell my grandpa I love him, I would. I miss him so much. Just a reminder that we only have one chance to cherish the ones we love.......never forget that.
r.i.p. Grandpa
Bradster Dude This made me cry and need a big hug really bad too. I miss my grandmother so much, wish I had been able to meet my late grandfather, and hope that someday, while we both are still alive, that the man who owns a company that fired me in January of 2014 forgives me for what I did. I didn't do anything illegal, cheat, lie, or anything of that nature. But what I did was still very bad. However, I hope that he understands that I didn't mean to do what I did.
Bradley David
Because brother this is REAL country music. I’d love to hear a country artist sing it
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Jake..
man, this song hits home. first time i heard it i was in traffic and started like cryin like a baby. im glad i made my change.
I use to believe there was a black cloud that hung above me. I've spent my entire life fighting every demon possible it seems. I grew up in two homes full of chaos in and out of jail and psychiatric hospitals. Fathered a child that i thought was mine, became a alcoholic, and always struggle with love. If you're not careful your struggles with life can have you question everything about it and you lose sight of anything that can make you happy. I found out that I was the black cloud that hovered above me.
My life has been scarred with my mistakes. Then I picked up my Bible and started reading, I ain't perfect but I can say that it's made me more of a man. It's given me patience and I realized that if the people I've wronged were able to forgive me than I can be more forgiving. I swear and make mistakes still but with gods guidance I know hes gonna make me that better man. I'd of changed a lot of things, starting with me... That's what I'm working on.
The shit we do when we are young & dumb.
Love it!!!
Lyrics remind me of my father.
My grampa is 84...I've never really known him until about 2 years ago. I figured I'd better change that before it was too late. My grampa is now my favorite person alive and imna do everything I can to be there when he passes!
I love this song. I used to listen to it and feel like a failure, but I still liked it. Now, I listen to it and don't feel like a failure. I didn't change. I just grew up.
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My life in a song!
this song should remind us all to change for the better learning from our past mistakes. What a great song.
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If there was ever a song about my life, this would be it. 6 months sober. Hardest fight I've ever been through. It all starts with me!
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2024 here and this song still thrives!!! Will always be amazing and will always hit home
If I had a just a PENNY for half the things I did that didn't make no sense at all I'd be a rich rich lady; and if I could change a lot of those things... I'd change A LOT of things STARTING WITH ME!! Congratulations to all of you celebrating recovery. Keep up the good work!! And never forget to look UP!
"And I let a woman that I love slip through my fingers. Chalk another dumb move up to my foolish pride.." It pains me deeply how much I relate to this lyric.. ='(
@Jimmy Hester For every great woman out there,there's someone who thinks
she's a bitch.
I WISH I COULD GO BACK IN TIME ,ID CHANGE SO MEANY THINGS LIKE THE SONG SAYS START WITH ME............
It hits different if you have let a girl u love slip through your fingers
"If only" are probably two of the hardest words in the English language.
One of the realest songs I know.... hits you hard:/
That's the beauty of country music. Good or bad ,it's life. We all live it. We all make our beds . Sleeping in them is a different story though. We all learn from our decisions. God's plan
Making choices as an adult are not immediate. You sometime wont know the cost until years to come.
From suadi arabia. We love country music! Just take care of it people of USA ..
Smh this song folds me up like a piece of laundry....Really cuts to the core of me. It's time for some changes in my life....Startin with me
AMAZING ARTIST!!! AMAZING SONG! HEART GRIPPING LYRICS!! JUST BEAUTIFUL!!! LOVE YOU JAKE OWEN!!!!
That straight hair takes me right back to the 2000's.
Praise God....congratulations on your new life
July 25, 2006 - RCA releases Jake Owen's debut album, "Startin' With Me". Hindsight is 20/20.
Love this song.. always takes me
Back ❤️
At 53, this song hits harder than it should.
I'm just glad he's growing his hair back!
That is some darn good soul searching music what a great voice!
The 766 that give a thumbs down on this song must live a perfect life.
the day my uncle got buried i was in jail instead of with my family. I can still hear my other uncle telling me "jess the funerals in 3 days, you better not get in any trouble and miss you uncles funeral" I got arrested the night before the funeral for being drunk and fighting. i didnt get to pay my final respects due to my poor decisions and i think that will forever haunt me.
I really miss this kind of music from Jake!
I'm paying the price for being stupid when I was young. Sometimes I don't want to be here but I still don't know why.
It's always worth being here brother. Every man deserves redemption for his sins. Stay with us
@@randallkruse5012 exactly. Everybody makes mistakes but it's how we try to make them better choices and learn from out mistakes
I can see the point, he wishes that he could go back in time to fix his mistakes. Mr. Owen, your not the only one who get that feeling
Driving across Colorado when I first heard this song, love the lyrics, our driver could not understand why we were crying with laughter, but its cos we were Brits, love this song!
There is nobody else and country music that could’ve pulled this song off . One of the best ever
I love this song i understand how you feel needs to be played on country radio 🎸❤❣🎸❤❣
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one of my favorite songs
Still Jake Owen's best song to date.....wish he wouldn't have sold out and continued this kind of REAL country music...
26 now been clean from drugs and drinking for 4 years in January, days still get hard from time to time and I find myself with an urge but you gotta keep pushing even through the hard times, to anybody out there who is suffering from addiction you are not alone in this fight! Keep moving forward!
still love this song...
Benny R6 that song would not be like that if beer was not around
this song made me realize what I needed to change about myself. it helped me get my girlfriend of 7 months to come back into.my life.
There are many who still are raised on that, I've never gotten anything without working for it, it has taught me the values of life and I never take anything for granted. I've worked hard since I was 14 years old, and before I got work I was tidying and doing stuff to get my pocket money. Fabulous way to live, I may of thought it hard back then but it has taught me so much now I am an adult!
My cousin Kendall Marvel wrote this song for Jake, every time I listen I think he wrote me. Job in the coalmines, a woman that changed my life all the way to my grandma. Its an outstanding song
I LET A WOMAN THAT I LOVE SLIP THROUGH MY FINGERS!! YES SIR!!!
most of this song ive lived and it kills me its my grandpa i nvr got to say goodbye to not grandma
I love this song. There is so much pain. The part apart his brother breaks my heart. I love you bro, I wish I treated you better. I will start with me.
getting drunk just hearing this for first time AND MAN DOSE IT HIT THE NAIL RIGHT ON THE HEAD
I love It always Hits Home
If Jake would sing songs as this one, he would make a great comeback! After he changed, or let Nashville change him, well I just don’t get him anymore!🤠
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This song is so damn good
One of my favorites. What a great song. Greetings from Germany 👍
A lot of people need to hear this
Wow... He deals with a lot of real life issues... Hits it right on the nose.
we all have wished we could change alot things we did . but one thing i dont regret is my bestfriends baby sister cause she was the best part of my life . .
I can't find a single person, country fan or not, that cannot identify with this song. I love it and it gives me strength to keep changing and hoping and trying.
Makes me wanna drink a beer
July 25, 2006 - RCA releases Jake Owen's debut album, "Startin' With Me"
So many people does not Appreciate your talent you are very gifted
How many of us can relate to this song??? It makes me go back and see myself for what I really was.
So can relate to this song!! But I would I really change?????
I just want the love of my life back, the drinking, partying, smoking made me care more about me than her, i was a damn fool.
Some songs just NEED to exist. Wish it had 35 years ago. Holds a mirror right up to the face of a fool. Life is the art of regret reduction.
I love the honesty of this song. Sounds like the story of my life. Thank God for His redeeming grace. Great song!
Such a real song. Hurts so much to listen to. I've done so much wrong and now I can't be with the girl of my dreams nor does my four year old daughter even know who I am. If only...
Nick Denash that hurts me to the the core just to hear you say and admit to it. My ex-girlfriend and I lost a child back in high school miscarriage. We spilt not long after that she had a bad temper and she abused me from the start of our relationship a year prior to the miscarriage. The pain of the loss still hurts but I think God knew it was for the best she was not mothering material I wasn’t ready to a dad at that age and time of my also I think God knew that and did the right thing for the both of us I blamed God for a while I asked for forgiveness and I forgave him about a year later I still feel the loss of the child to this day she was 6 and half months pregnant at the time this was back in early 2003 last half of my junior year of high school. I can feel your pain.
Wow! I thought I could look though the comments and feel some relief knowing im not the only one who feels like shit and relate with someone who some how is always being in trouble and fucking everything up. But, I guess this is youtube and most who comment here probably dont live a party life style. If I could just go back and pick a different road. Maybe it would be different, but if you know how it feels, then you also know its not the roads that leads you here. Its you, its who you are. I'd guess most people who get the stinglying feeling in thier stomach; probably had a hard childhood that pushed them away and taught them that you get hurt alot less out in the cold. The only thing that it doesnt teach you is everything your missing out on. Spending holiday with your family, knowing how to accept and feel emotions, being in serious relationships, or having someone there for you when you need it. Then after a while you get use to being out in the cold and you get so use to it that you dont know any other way. You didnt think it was permitt but from my experience its hard to come in from the cold when you been out there so long. I dont mean lonely, most who like this song probably have tons of friends. By lonley I mean have no one you can fully trust and no one to share your emotions with. But, I think everybody has atleast one person they dont deserve. I know i do and I dont think someone could have a worse family setting. Idk where to go from here it seems pointless to keep writing. Its nice to vent but you cant really understand the story unless you heard the whole thing. All i know is that sometimes its hard to come in from the cold when you been there so long. So if there any young adults aka kid aka 15 year olds who think that pushing everyone away is the answer please Dont let your self get that way. Its hard to come in from the cold.
Been sick most my life, it has affected my thinking and ability to do things. My family pulled away now I have nothing but a cat and dog. Had a little boy but I have no son. Had a grandaughter but she has 4 other grandmas who aren't sick and flakey. Married in my 20's--my 20's were my marrying years and divorcing times. Now in my mid 60's is my alone times, my lonely years. I'm dying now from cancer and diabetes and pain. But its the lonliness that eats you up inside. The knowing no one in the world loves you, but Jesus. Its heart wrenching. Visit your folks, your people, while they are still alive. In all things, be kind. Keep in mind, 30 minutes of your time could save someones life or just make their day a happy one. Its your call.
Jake, I got to see you live and you were awesome, Thank you for a great time in my life ❤️🦋
One of his best songs ever
And in this moment of realization the choice is left up to you on what you do with your future. Continue down the same road and continue to not like the person staring back at you or begin to make the changes necessary to be the very best version of yourself. Go knowing that I supported the change. Wanted the change. Saw all that you could and should be. Que Sera Sera.
You look up its gone...times out. Never comes back around. Regret is the deepest scar.
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