With
many tracks by Toby Keith, the Broken Bridges
soundtrack has a variety of great songs. It starts out with a
medium-paced song, moving into the slower songs before ending
with three exciting, up-tempo tunes.
"Broken,"
a hit by Lindsay Haun, is one of the most moving songs I have
heard in a while. For a person who is going through a tough
time, this song will mean a lot. It is very inspirational and
the lyrics are incredibly encouraging. "When you're
broken in a million little pieces / And you're trying but you
can't hold on anymore / Every tear falls down for a reason /
Don't you stop believing in yourself / When you're
broken." More great lyrics from the song are "Little
girl don't be so blue / I know what you're going through /
Don't let it beat you up / Heaven knows that getting scars /
Only makes you who you are."
"Crash
Here Tonight" is another song done by Toby Keith. The
lyrics reflect the feelings of a man who wants to tell the
woman he is with that he loves her but he is afraid that he’s
"Getting in too deep / Wouldn't want to freak you out /
Make a promise I can't keep."
Another inspirational song on the
soundtrack is "Along for the Ride," sung by Matraca
Berg. This song describes the way two people are just here to
take life, specifically their relationship, as it comes. They
aren’t going to hold back on anything, but enjoy that
"love is like a roller coaster / I'd like to sit in the
very last car / Baby, don't hold onto the bar / Just throw up
your hands in the air / Life can be such a scream if you let
it / And we're just along for the ride."
Toward the middle of the soundtrack is
Sonya Isaac’s "The Battlefield." This song, which
is touching, to say the least, describes how some need
material things and money to make them happy, but this person
wants someone to "Give me Jesus / who saved my dying
soul."
Uncloudy Day," with Willie Nelson, is
a song about how there is, somewhere, a place where things are
always happy once He sends peoples’ sorrows away. There is a
place where "He smiles on His children there / And His
smile drives their sorrows all away / And they tell me that no
tears ever come again / In that lovely land of uncloudy
day."
Hidden within all of the serious and
inspirational songs on the disc is "What’s Up with
That," by Scotty Emerick. This song seems to be a bit
reversed from what people are used to. In this song, the
lyrics tell about a boy and girl who promised each other that
they’d "forever be my baby." However, when he
shows up for an agreed upon meeting the next day, while he is
waiting for her, she’s out with other guys. The way Emerick
plays with the lyrics makes the song funny and a treat to
listen to.
Overall, Broken Bridges soundtrack
is good; the songs all have powerful lyrics and portray a
lot of situations that people go through in their daily lives.
Click on the CD cover to order yours!
1. Broken Bridges - Toby Keith
2. Thinkin' 'Bout You - Fred Eaglesmith
3. Crash Here Tonight - Toby Keith
4. Broken - Lindsey Haun
5. Along For The Ride - Matraca Berg
6. Uncloudy Day - Willie Nelson
7. What's Up With That - Scotty Emerick
8. High On The Mountain - Flynnville Train
9. The Battlefield - Sonya Isaacs
10. Can't Go Back - Toby Keith
11. The Waiting Game - Poor Richard's Hound
12. Big Bull Rider - Toby Keith
13. Zig Zag Stop - Toby Keith
14. Jack Don Tucker (Play By The Rules Miss All The Fun) - Toby Keith