Kind of cheesy...

...and maybe I'm hormonal, but the song "Anything Like Me" on Brad Paisley's new album, American Saturday Night, totally made me cry.

Alot of country songs are about Daddy's girls and Momma's girls, and those daughterly bonds, even songs about sisters. While I am one of three daughters, and appreciate those songs, they are all clearly girly. Hardly anyone sings about their sons.

Till now. Its mostly a father/son bond, but it made me cry. I am in LOVE with Colton's mischeivious boyish charm...and anticipate another boy! I regularly watch Home Improvement lovinginly giggle at the boy things that those three sons do.

Anyway, the one verse that really had me going, and my husband staring at me half sympathetic, half like I was a crazy woman, was of course the last one... and it goes as (again, a more father-son perspective):

He's gonna love me and hate me along the way
Years are gonna fly by I already dread the day
He's gonna hug his momma he's gonna shake my hand
He's gonna act like he can't wait to leave
But as he drives out he'll cry his eyes out
If he's anything like me
Aw he'll be alright, if he's anything like me.

I think the song kind of choked Cody up as well, but I was crying, tears, needing a tissue for my nose... everything.

The rest of the song talks about boyish things like tree climbing to dating his first girl.

It came along to my ears during a week when I made a realization. Girls get married and want their moms around when they have new babies, etc. I call my mom daily. Boys, get married and go to their wives' families.

I don't want my boys to not NEED or want me. It may be hard, but I've got about 20 years to prep for it, but I don't want to be overbearing, but I can't imagine not talking to my boys daily.

Anyway, props to Brad Paisley. If you wanna hear it buy his new album!