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Don't Take The Girl
Tim McGraw
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- Album
- Not A Moment Too Soon
- Released
- 1994
- Genres
- country, classic country
- Length
- 4:09
- Tempo
- 204 BPM
- Label
- Curb Records
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About this song
The song topped the Country Billboard charts for two weeks in 1994, becoming Tim McGraw's second song to reach that position. It was written by Larry Johnson and Craig Martin.
What it's about
The ballad follows a young man through three stages of his life, from boyhood to teenage years to becoming a young adult about to start a family, all told through his relationship with a girl. At the end of each verse he pleads with a higher power not to take her, and the word "take" carries a different meaning each time.
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Fun facts
- Covered 3 times, including “Don't Take The Girl (One Take Sessions: Vol. 1) by Tyler Braden”.
- Written by Craig J. Martin and Larry W. Johnson.
- Produced by Byron Gallimore and James Stroud.