Walk a Little Straighter
Encyclopedia
"Walk a Little Straighter" is the debut single of country music
artist Billy Currington
that reached the Top Ten on the Billboard
Hot Country Singles & Tracks, peaking at #8.
. It starts by telling about the boy waiting for his dad to come home at night, and then his dad just going and passing out drunk in his chair. Then it talks about the boy, now 18 years old and graduating from high school, watching his father leave the gym drunk before the boy's name was called. In the end, it says that one thing the boy learned from his father is that he will never be a drunk and put his kids through that.
Country music
Country music is a popular American musical style that began in the rural Southern United States in the 1920s. It takes its roots from Western cowboy and folk music...
artist Billy Currington
Billy Currington
William Matthew "Billy" Currington is an American country music artist. Signed to Mercury Nashville Records in 2003, he has released four studio albums for the label: 2003's Billy Currington, 2005's Doin' Somethin' Right, 2008's Little Bit of Everything, and 2010's Enjoy Yourself...
that reached the Top Ten on the Billboard
Billboard (magazine)
Billboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry, and is one of the oldest trade magazines in the world. It maintains several internationally recognized music charts that track the most popular songs and albums in various categories on a weekly basis...
Hot Country Singles & Tracks, peaking at #8.
Content
The song tells a story of a boy whose father has alcoholismAlcoholism
Alcoholism is a broad term for problems with alcohol, and is generally used to mean compulsive and uncontrolled consumption of alcoholic beverages, usually to the detriment of the drinker's health, personal relationships, and social standing...
. It starts by telling about the boy waiting for his dad to come home at night, and then his dad just going and passing out drunk in his chair. Then it talks about the boy, now 18 years old and graduating from high school, watching his father leave the gym drunk before the boy's name was called. In the end, it says that one thing the boy learned from his father is that he will never be a drunk and put his kids through that.
Chart performance
"Walk a Little Straighter" debuted at number 56 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks for the week of May 3, 2003.| Chart (2003) | Peak position |
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