Song Meanings and Facts

Song Meanings and Facts

Category: The Judds

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The Judds

The Judds

This country music collective was created by a mother, Naomi Judd, alongside her daughter, Wynonna. The group was started around the early 1980s.  By 1983 the mother and daughter duo was fully established in...

I Saw the Light

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“I Saw the Light” by The Judds

The story of “I Saw the Light” commences with the narrator, by the looks of things, going about surprising her boyfriend with a romance-related gift. The further implication is that in doing so, she proceeds to visit his home unannounced. But the surprise actually...

Rompin' Stompin' Blues

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“Rompin’ Stompin’ Blues” by The Judds

The “rompin’ stompin’ blues” is the designation the vocalist gives to the depression she’s currently going through due to being done dirty by her lover. The first verse illustrates how he unscrupulously dumped her. The...

Rock Bottom

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“Rock Bottom” by The Judds

The title of this song (“Rock Bottom”) is a metaphor for when a person feels that their life is – excuse our French – so f*-ked up that it can’t get any worse. And as...

Why Not Me

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“Why Not Me” by The Judds

The addressee of The Judds’ “Why Not Me” would obviously be a friend or associate of the vocalist and moreover one who is noticeably looking for love. However, under Wynonna’s estimation he is doing so in all the wrong places,...

Grandpa (Tell Me 'Bout the Good Old Days)

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“Grandpa (Tell Me ‘Bout the Good Old Days)” by The Judds

The notion that our forefathers’ generations lived more righteously than we do obviously isn’t anything new. It is actually upon such an idea that this song from the 1980s is based. More specifically, its premise revolves around the vocalist being...

Love Can Build a Bridge

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“Love Can Build a Bridge” by The Judds

It is not abundantly clear what the titular metaphor means per se. But what is evident is The Judds using this song as sort of a general espousement of universal love. For instance, in the first...

River of Time

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The Judds’ “River of Time” Meaning

The “river of time”, as utilized in this song, can be taken as a metaphor pointing to how, as the years go by, the mind has the ability to push aside past pains and...

Cry Myself to Sleep

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“Cry Myself to Sleep” by The Judds

Unfortunately for Wynonna Judd, on “Cry Myself to Sleep”, she finds herself in love with someone who can only be described as a toxic lover. The addressee’s toxicity is manifested through him being insensitive, deceitful...