I'm sick and &$*#($ tired of the intro to the video being this surround sound three times as loud as the song is bullshit. i have to turn my shit down for 15 sec then turn it back up for the song. and the advertisements never even apply to me. youtube go ^&$^ urself. damnit.
deffinatly chris knight. he wrote it and is without a doubt in my book the greatest song writer in these times. I have everyone of his cd's and litterally just let them play over and over again in my truck
@MrTbonediesel ok thanks, personally i think i like sheltons version better, but maybe thats only because i was exposed to his version first. I like the heavier sound shelton gives it, although i do like the mandolin in this version. Its an amazing song regardless, absolutely amazing song.
@mistascott007 Sorry, I have absolutely no bone to pick. I'm just envious. I wish I could get some of them guys to write with me. Just like you and I, a lot of people have taken a shine to his efforts. A lot of the best modern songs have come from collaborations. Acuff - Rose, Lennon/ McCartney, Lieber/ Stoller, Jagger/ Richards....the list goes on. Chris should take it as a compliment that some of the greatest songwriters of our time are willing and eager to write songs with him.
@freetickeys Thanks for your Chris Knight concert uploads. (I don't upload anything so my channel is empty/private.) I probably just misinterpreted the tone of what you wrote. Some writers are truly solitary animals and some rarely write a song without co-writers. I think most fit into the latter category. Besides songwriting, Chris does a great job translating the emotional value of words into music. That's why we all wonder if he really killed a guy named Wilson...
@mistascott007 Thank you. I have enjoyed making Chris Knight videos as well as any I have ever done. I have waxed poetic on his skill with character studies and his ability to make me feel like I know those people. Sometimes, I feel like I am the guy in his songs. I went and found my Mothers grave and sang the only verse I know to "Amazing Grace"...Me And This Road seems like it's about my hometown and the road that runs in front of my house. No, I have no bone. I'm a real fan. I feel his songs.
Almost of his songs have more comments than "liked". Take a couple of seconds to sign in and click on LIKE. Seems like when people play a list, they're not bothering to come back and click on LIKE for each song. HE'S GREAT - give him some help people! Sign in and click Like, please?
Nashville style country music has taken a big shit on itself. it is nothing more than a repeditive sound that stokes the starmakeing money machine. thank god for chris knight, a man unwilling to comprimise his own down to earth take on life and understanding of great song writeing.
In my humble opinion chris knight is one of the greatest original song writers of our age, in or above the same leauge of john prine or bob zimerman. this guy is a common man ,a real folks hero from humble beginings from the great state of kentucky. There are no punches pulled here ,what you see and hear is what you get .The heartland of america loves ya chris, keep on turning out some of the best songs of our age.
Bill Monroe hated Ricky Skaggs cover of "Uncle Pen"...until the royalty checks came rolling in! Chris may, or may not, feel the same way about "established country stars" covering his music. It's just a thought....and while I am at it...I think whoever put the band at a demo derby is one creative, smart m'f'er!
@bootytootyfruity70 I like that song alot, if you look up "outlaw groove" by John D Hale band that songs is in the same basket of talking about how country isnt really country anymore
@0123zaq0123 Ill agree that he is a good singer, but he is what we call "pop country" putting songs out that will rake in views,hits,and tickets sold. Not music like chris knight or numerous other texas country artists and red dirt artists, that make music about there life and things that have meaning to it.
my hat go's off to chris knight another artist that don't get credit like some of the big ass kissers. he needs to be more recognized as a great artist to me he is way up there, i guess he didn't have a silver spoon like e'bodyelse !
Blake Shelton sings a great version of this song... Everyone needs to stop comparing he is gonna sing it differently since he has a different voice. Also he isn't a bag of shit he is awesome.. it appears some people are just born jealous and haters..
Country fans need to wise up on what they listen to because our genre is at a historical low. I'm starting to listen to less and less country because it's become an industry focused on image, with the overemphasis of being "country". I'm not saying the culture isn't important, i'm only saying that it shouldn't be displayed with the in-your-face manner it is today. It should be subtlety that is promoted, and that's what Chris Knight embodies.
I just found out about this guy and finally somebody has picked up the ball Steve Earle dropped in the early 90's and is putting out rich, powerful and masculine country music...the video is killer, too.
Hey sharkymusicfreak21, He is one of the baddest singer/songwriters out there for sure. I live in Corpus Christi and work for an outlaw country station and we are the only station in town that plays ANY Chris Knight. Keep on keeping on and listen to us live at badlands f m.com
one of my favorites song wrote by a hellious songwriter's that don't get the credit and radio play that he deserves. I love Chris Knight!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
someone came to speak at a class i was in and he sang this song..i immediately went home and looked it up..Chris Knight is an amazing artist! I love his voice, makes his music that much better.
@Bopper41295 , tell you what Bopper41295, you must be a one hell of a songwriter! If you question any part of the deal of 135,000 views!!! Get a life and quit your... lol stuff. This guy is for real, just listen to the words if your not too busy lol??!!!
@FWDband1,sorry I'm observant i guess :P just odd for a good song to have now 13 comments and i didn't question the views,i questioned the few comments,lol im the one not listening to the words when you only comment to complain
I'm sick and &$*#($ tired of the intro to the video being this surround sound three times as loud as the song is bullshit. i have to turn my shit down for 15 sec then turn it back up for the song. and the advertisements never even apply to me. youtube go ^&$^ urself. damnit.
justincolecountry 3 weeks ago
Chris Knight will always be have the best of this song. Especially because his is the original. ♥
MissKelseyy13 3 weeks ago
I love this song!! Great job!!
briannabradyy 1 month ago
this video was made in my home town!! :)
Johndeerelover44 1 month ago
it Ain't Easy being me
feghdan 1 month ago
greatest song writer ever...
InTheFace1000 1 month ago
Im packing my stuff as we speak...LoL...FML...I want to take my son with me, but she wont let me!!!
joshclark1872010 2 months ago
@joshclark1872010 Good luck....you can't live with 'em and you can't live without 'em. It ain't fair! They got all the pussy.
freetickeys 1 month ago in playlist YouTube Mix for Chris Knight
this is my song right here for 2012!!!!!
GATORBAIT787 2 months ago
Hey chris i dont know how in the hell you know so much about me but i just wanna say thanks because you had to write this for me
borncountry1992 2 months ago
@borncountry1992 This song was co written by Craig Wiseman, who is a real hook master. Chris has had a lot of help with his writing.
freetickeys 1 month ago in playlist YouTube Mix for Chris Knight
who did the original, Blake Shelton or this guy? I heard the Shelton version first, never heard of this one.
ruderevival 3 months ago
@ruderevival
deffinatly chris knight. he wrote it and is without a doubt in my book the greatest song writer in these times. I have everyone of his cd's and litterally just let them play over and over again in my truck
MrTbonediesel 3 months ago
@MrTbonediesel ok thanks, personally i think i like sheltons version better, but maybe thats only because i was exposed to his version first. I like the heavier sound shelton gives it, although i do like the mandolin in this version. Its an amazing song regardless, absolutely amazing song.
ruderevival 3 months ago
@MrTbonediesel He co wrote it with Craig Wiseman. Chris has had co writers with most of his best stuff.
freetickeys 1 month ago in playlist YouTube Mix for Chris Knight
@freetickeys A lot of excellent songwriters have co-writers. Your point? Sounds like you have a bone to pick or something.
mistascott007 1 week ago in playlist YouTube Mix for Chris Knight
@mistascott007 Sorry, I have absolutely no bone to pick. I'm just envious. I wish I could get some of them guys to write with me. Just like you and I, a lot of people have taken a shine to his efforts. A lot of the best modern songs have come from collaborations. Acuff - Rose, Lennon/ McCartney, Lieber/ Stoller, Jagger/ Richards....the list goes on. Chris should take it as a compliment that some of the greatest songwriters of our time are willing and eager to write songs with him.
freetickeys 6 days ago
@freetickeys Thanks for your Chris Knight concert uploads. (I don't upload anything so my channel is empty/private.) I probably just misinterpreted the tone of what you wrote. Some writers are truly solitary animals and some rarely write a song without co-writers. I think most fit into the latter category. Besides songwriting, Chris does a great job translating the emotional value of words into music. That's why we all wonder if he really killed a guy named Wilson...
mistascott007 22 hours ago
@mistascott007 Thank you. I have enjoyed making Chris Knight videos as well as any I have ever done. I have waxed poetic on his skill with character studies and his ability to make me feel like I know those people. Sometimes, I feel like I am the guy in his songs. I went and found my Mothers grave and sang the only verse I know to "Amazing Grace"...Me And This Road seems like it's about my hometown and the road that runs in front of my house. No, I have no bone. I'm a real fan. I feel his songs.
freetickeys 10 hours ago
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freetickeys 6 days ago
Love Chris Knight - Hate Vevo!
StrengthOfWisdom 3 months ago
Almost of his songs have more comments than "liked". Take a couple of seconds to sign in and click on LIKE. Seems like when people play a list, they're not bothering to come back and click on LIKE for each song. HE'S GREAT - give him some help people! Sign in and click Like, please?
VioletsBloom 4 months ago in playlist YouTube Mix for Chris Knight
if you dont like Chris Knight You can kiss are Slaughters Ky ASS
34ticktock 4 months ago 2
kentucky proud :)
thensley30 5 months ago
One of the best songwriter ever born in Missouri... M-I-Z...
ntmid8r333 6 months ago
Most real music comes out of Austin, not Nashville, in this case...Slaughters, Kentucky.
Greenheads35 6 months ago 3
I love you Nolan
knug08 7 months ago
Nashville style country music has taken a big shit on itself. it is nothing more than a repeditive sound that stokes the starmakeing money machine. thank god for chris knight, a man unwilling to comprimise his own down to earth take on life and understanding of great song writeing.
snapperjohn1000 7 months ago 9
In my humble opinion chris knight is one of the greatest original song writers of our age, in or above the same leauge of john prine or bob zimerman. this guy is a common man ,a real folks hero from humble beginings from the great state of kentucky. There are no punches pulled here ,what you see and hear is what you get .The heartland of america loves ya chris, keep on turning out some of the best songs of our age.
snapperjohn1000 7 months ago 5
Bill Monroe hated Ricky Skaggs cover of "Uncle Pen"...until the royalty checks came rolling in! Chris may, or may not, feel the same way about "established country stars" covering his music. It's just a thought....and while I am at it...I think whoever put the band at a demo derby is one creative, smart m'f'er!
freetickeys 8 months ago 2
I love you Lindsey
ratcliffxdwayne 8 months ago
@yadams02 you sir, are an idiot.
scooter32231 8 months ago
@scooter32231 You, sir, are an idiot!
concernparent101 6 months ago
my life story. Need to hear more of him and less of fucking kenny chesney.
pavester 9 months ago 45
@pavester listen to "if thats country by corey smith" im pretty sure you'll like it lol
bootytootyfruity70 3 months ago
@bootytootyfruity70 I like that song alot, if you look up "outlaw groove" by John D Hale band that songs is in the same basket of talking about how country isnt really country anymore
pavester 3 months ago
@pavester why r u hating on kenny, prick? hes one of the best of the generation
0123zaq0123 5 days ago
@0123zaq0123 Ill agree that he is a good singer, but he is what we call "pop country" putting songs out that will rake in views,hits,and tickets sold. Not music like chris knight or numerous other texas country artists and red dirt artists, that make music about there life and things that have meaning to it.
pavester 1 day ago
my hat go's off to chris knight another artist that don't get credit like some of the big ass kissers. he needs to be more recognized as a great artist to me he is way up there, i guess he didn't have a silver spoon like e'bodyelse !
scabcridict 9 months ago
Blake Shelton sings a great version of this song... Everyone needs to stop comparing he is gonna sing it differently since he has a different voice. Also he isn't a bag of shit he is awesome.. it appears some people are just born jealous and haters..
yadams02 9 months ago 2
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yadams02 9 months ago
blake shelton is a bag of shit and so is everyone who hasn't changed the channel when he came on the radio
grundian 10 months ago
Chris Knight has several good songs, I wonder what happened to him?
bw2182 10 months ago
@bw2182 He is still out there playing and writing. I see him atleast 3 times a year.
Blacklung27 9 months ago
i first heard this song in a vid dedicated to a navy seal killed in action, look up Nate Hardy to learn about a hero, great song btw
rhcpfrush420 11 months ago
Myself and I agree, it ain't easy being me.
danlay 11 months ago
loveeee this song!
05clippers 11 months ago
when did this video come out 90 what i seen it then great
jeff4759 11 months ago
We can all agree its not easy being me hahha.
argo987 11 months ago
hey chris, i'll meet ya down at sorryville!! i bring the gas,
1ocamp 1 year ago
Country fans need to wise up on what they listen to because our genre is at a historical low. I'm starting to listen to less and less country because it's become an industry focused on image, with the overemphasis of being "country". I'm not saying the culture isn't important, i'm only saying that it shouldn't be displayed with the in-your-face manner it is today. It should be subtlety that is promoted, and that's what Chris Knight embodies.
RawtownzFinest 1 year ago 5
@RawtownzFinest well said.
XCFerrari 11 months ago
This should be my theme song. haha
bassman3212 1 year ago
john anderson did this originally !!
awest19352 1 year ago
@awest19352
Sorry Bro. written and originally done by Chris Knight, but it does sound neat with John's voice too!
itlodot 1 year ago
the john mellencamp of country music
kugz70 1 year ago
Story of my life.
joninalabama 1 year ago
when me and the wife have lil' arguments sometimes this song plays in my head
cappsoutlaw 1 year ago 9
good call on the Mike Leach comment
Jerm2020 1 year ago
I just found out about this guy and finally somebody has picked up the ball Steve Earle dropped in the early 90's and is putting out rich, powerful and masculine country music...the video is killer, too.
mississippisheik1 1 year ago
@mississippisheik1 no homo?
ssom06 1 year ago
Does anyone else think that he kinda looks like Mike Leach?
soxy709 1 year ago
thats right hometown hero!!!
deerslayer09able 1 year ago
so i was searching for another song when i accendentally clicked on this and i like it more than the one i was originally looking for...
existtogether921 1 year ago 2
Great song. :)
TheD0CT0RWH0fan 1 year ago
Blake Shelton makes good music but Chris Knights version is way better
mudd5709 1 year ago 31
@mudd5709 John Anderson did a decent version too. It wasn't like Blake had the first cover. But, the songwriter usually does the best version.
mistascott007 1 week ago in playlist YouTube Mix for Chris Knight
it ain't easy being me....so true ! don't know whats better the song or derby footage : )
smashbob12 1 year ago 3
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freetickeys 8 months ago
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Blake Shelton singz this tune way much better!!!!
stubaby76 1 year ago
MASTER OF THE LYRIC! HOLLA WHEN UR N NASHV!
tootiemurano 1 year ago
i was searching for sum different voice, lyrics and i landed upon dis song.
no comparison, Chris knight hat's off to ur voice.. u hav got so much to say (sigh)
the way Chris says "i need ur love but i break.. ur heart" -_-
this song is jst not the part of the long lists of some music, It stand Out, a bit more higher.
artistic0angel 1 year ago 2
this song says it all............ it hit home for me in more ways then one everytime I hear it
spike19810603 1 year ago
Hey sharkymusicfreak21, He is one of the baddest singer/songwriters out there for sure. I live in Corpus Christi and work for an outlaw country station and we are the only station in town that plays ANY Chris Knight. Keep on keeping on and listen to us live at badlands f m.com
jpenter100 1 year ago
@jpenter100 How can I get it played on the radio here in Atlanta?
Bigsmokedog11699 1 year ago
@Bigsmokedog11699
blow your local dj up! Get your buddies to call in and request it. Enough people calling for it they have no choice!
jpenter100 1 year ago
@jpenter100 Man i live over in sinton bout 30 min from corpus. And i give Badlands Fm two thumbs up! you guys rock when it comes to texas country
scottmoreno1992 1 year ago
This song just sent me to dark place, :(, but maybe it will help me in the end.
LtBullitt351 1 year ago
This song completely explains my pain. But also recognizes that there's always gonna be a light at the end of the tunnel.
96ckinght 1 year ago
chris knight, all time favorite singer/songwriter.....one of the best.
tylersabadasssss 1 year ago
one of my favorites song wrote by a hellious songwriter's that don't get the credit and radio play that he deserves. I love Chris Knight!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
sharkymusicfreak21 1 year ago
one of my favorite songs by him
itchthisbitch13 1 year ago
You ever notice how when people write music. They feel the same things you do
LeeeMcLeod 1 year ago
"I've had too work to become the jerk i've come to be." Chris Knight a very underrated American songwriter from Kentucky.
49barfly 1 year ago
Kentucky♥
xsarahxsceleticx 1 year ago
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Mitch03pb 1 year ago
he should be on the radio
jaredwashere11 1 year ago
WOw a great song and lyrics with great theme, should give a lot of people encouragement to be proud about them selves! Well done!
robertfabian142 1 year ago
great song,awsome artist-thanks Chris for reminding that its the music and not the hype that really matters
malleyjohn1 1 year ago
the best songs the ones that make it to the top are the ones that are true and i tell you what this is about as true as it gets for anyone
wpackfan12 1 year ago
It aint easy being me, aint that the dam truth, helluva song helluva artist
jmack10hawg 1 year ago
awesome, awesome song.
footballaric 2 years ago
What can you say...but GREAT AS USUAL
Badlander80 2 years ago
someone came to speak at a class i was in and he sang this song..i immediately went home and looked it up..Chris Knight is an amazing artist! I love his voice, makes his music that much better.
Baker5623 2 years ago
135,000 views and 10 comments?? lol
Bopper41295 2 years ago
@Bopper41295 , tell you what Bopper41295, you must be a one hell of a songwriter! If you question any part of the deal of 135,000 views!!! Get a life and quit your... lol stuff. This guy is for real, just listen to the words if your not too busy lol??!!!
FWDband1 2 years ago
@FWDband1,sorry I'm observant i guess :P just odd for a good song to have now 13 comments and i didn't question the views,i questioned the few comments,lol im the one not listening to the words when you only comment to complain
Bopper41295 2 years ago
One of Chris's best!!!!
B327Thr 2 years ago
love it
leeman1790 2 years ago
i felt this way alot love this song
ncs1988 2 years ago
Blake Shelton recorded it also.
abell580 2 years ago
Slaughters, Kentucky's favorite son. What a jewel!
toterola451 2 years ago
Great song
countrynuno 2 years ago
awsome
crashinsucks100 2 years ago
Ive tried to find this song for years ! sooo good
copeman85 2 years ago 2
wow this has no comments?
andres65080 2 years ago