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Blown Away (Lyrics) – Carrie Underwood

 These are the lyrics for the single Blown Away, off Carrie Underwood’s new album of the same title.

[Verse 1:]

Dry lightning cracks across the skies

Those storm clouds gather in her eyes

Daddy was mean ole mister

Mama was an angel in the ground

The weather man called for a twister

She prayed blow it down

There’s not enough rain in Oklahoma

To wash the sins out of that house

There’s not enough wind in Oklahoma

To rip the nails out of the past

[Chorus]

Shatter every window till it’s all blown away,

Every brick, every board, every slamming door blown away

till there’s nothing left standing,

nothing left of yesterday

every tear-soaked whiskey memory blown away,

Blown away

[Verse 2:]

She heard those sirens screaming out

Her daddy laid there passed out on the couch

She locked herself in the cellar

listened to the screaming of the wind

Some people called it taking shelter

She called it sweet revenge

[Chorus:]

Shatter every window till it’s all blown away,

Every brick, every board, every slamming door blown away

till there’s nothing left standing,

nothing left of yesterday

every tear-soaked whiskey memory blown away,

Blown away

[Outro]

There’s not enough rain in Oklahoma

To wash the sins out of that house

There’s not enough wind in Oklahoma

To rip the nails out of the past

Shatter every window till it’s all blown away,

(blown away)

Every brick, every board, every slamming door blown away

(flown away)

till there’s nothing left standing,

nothing left of yesterday

every tear-soaked whiskey memory blown away,

Blown away, blown away, blown away, blown away

New Sampler Clips for Carrie Underwood’s “Blown Away”

In case the previous batch was not enough, now we have a new batch courtesy of Barnes & Nobles. Some of the songs sound totally different – most sound even better than they did before, if that’s even possible.

Give the sampler clips a listen:

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1 – Good Girl (not on the sampler).

2 – Blown Away

3 – Two Black Cadillacs

4 – See You Again

5 – Do You Think About Me

6 – Forever Changed

7 – Nobody Ever Told You

8 – One Way Ticket

9 – Thank God For Hometowns

10 – Good in Goodbye

11 – Leave Love Alone

12 – Cupid’s Got A Shotgun

13 – Wine After Whiskey

14 – Who Are You

Thank you for liveasong for capping them.

33 Days – A Lebanese Movie About The July 2006 War Banned At ABC Mall

Picture from the Facebook page: Stop Cultural Terrorism in Lebanon

Just as we talk about the bans and transgressions that happen with what some people refer to as “pro-Israel” entities, we cannot talk about being fair until we point out similar bans that happen on the other side.

ABC Mall’s management banned Grand Cinemas from showing 33 Days, a new Lebanese movie, starring Carmen Lebbos and Bassem Maghnieh as well as Youssef el Khal. 33 Days, which is a Lebanese-Iranian production about a Hezbollah mission to release Lebanese prisoners in Israeli prisoners during the July 2006 war.

Legally, the owners of ABC Mall have the right to allow or disallow movies from being screened at Grand Cinemas. However one cannot but wonder why they decided to ban this movie from being screened?

The movie’s producer said he does not know if it’s for a political reason. I cannot but think of political reasons for the ban, in which case shame on ABC Mall’s management for not respecting the basic freedom rights. You’re against Hezbollah? Fine. So banning a movie that talks about something Hezbollah makes you feel better? Does it make you feel like you did something worthwhile?

The only thing ABC’s management did with banning 33 Days is to make a fool out of themselves for being xenophobic inside their own country.

If there’s anything ABC’s management should have considered, apart from every logical reason that might come to person’s mind, is that you have more than 1000 Lebanese who died in the July 2006 war (You can read a story of one of the war’s victims here). Most of those 1000 people were innocent people whose only fault was being at the wrong place at the wrong time. We may not agree with their politics, but the least we can do is not ridicule their memory by banning a movie about the cause that led to their death.

What’s sad is that news about Lara Fabian being banned from coming to Lebanon spread like wildfire across the cyberspace. News about the movie’s ban did nothing.

The movie is being screened at other Grand Cinemas theaters in Lebanon.

An Awesome French Ad!

You thought the TNT Drama ad was awesome? Wait till you watch this one.

I was blown away by how smart this is.

Carrie Underwood’s Favorite Song on Blown Away

In a recent interview, Carrie Underwood spoke about her favorite song on her upcoming album, Blown Away.

She said:

I do have a favorite track on this album. It’s a slow one and it’s kind of a sad one. But it’s by far, I think, the most well-written song I’ve heard in my life. There’s something so old fashioned and beautiful about it. It just takes you back to a whole other time. It’s a movie. It’s some gorgeous love story, kind of between a mom and daughter. It’s just gorgeous. I had the hardest time getting through this song without bawling my eyes out and had the hardest time still listening to it even though I’ve heard it a hundred times. So chances are I’ll never perform it in person. But it’s my favorite and I think it’ll be easy when people hear the album to know which one I’m talking about.

The song she’s talking about is Forever Changed, written by Tom Douglas, Hillary Lindsey and James Slater. It is about a young girl meeting the love of her life, getting married and having a baby. It takes you back in time to tell the story. At the end, the mom’s slipping away a little bit. It is a sad song that’s about love, being forever changed, forever loved.

I would have thought Carrie’s favorite song would be the second single “Blown Away,” especially after all the praise that she has given it. Either way, Forever Changed sounds like a great song and Tom Douglas is a terrific songwriter. He recently wrote Miranda Lambert’s biggest hit: The House That Built Me.

Carrie Underwood’s album, Blown Away, will be released on May 1st.

This is the interview: