Blurbs from Song Stories

Wrinkles (Diamond Rio)

37 year old Joseph Fairbanks, husband and father of four, is a successful businessman and long time athlete. A recent development in arthritis, however, has limited his ability to participate in marathons and charity runs. At first frustrated with this new physical challenge and still grieving from the loss of his father a year before, Joe reflects on his memories. He comes to a peaceful resolve on his situation when he remembers the life lessons he learned as a child.

There Goes My Life (Kenny Chesney)

Jake Harley married his High School Sweetheart the week after graduation, with plans to travel the world, attend a prestigious college, and become a successful business man in the automobile industry. He thought he had nought to worry about but doting on his wife and easily paying the bills. When he discovers he is the soon-to-be father of a beautiful baby girl, his dreams spur quickly to a halt. Jake feels at first caged and limited as well as confused in the responsibilities of guardianship. As he measures up to responsibility, however, Jake realizes that his daughter's life is the best decision he's ever made.

Forever & Always (Taylor Swift)

Jo (Juniper) Bellant is a tomboy in her senior year of high school. She's never dated much, acting as an independent and carefree woman--until a certain young man moves into her small town. Drew Lawson is assigned a seat next to her in Physics, and as their conversation blossoms into friendship, Jo knows she has finally found a man worthy of her love. After dating a blissful few months, the gossip around the school meanders to Drew's head. He decides though he loves Jo, their differences outweigh their comparable traits, distancing himself from her. Heartbroken and confused, Jo picks up her guitar and strives to find a way through the tragedy by pouring out her emotion into song.

Concrete Angel (Martina McBride)

Lily Jewkes is a fourteen year old city girl, trapped in an emotional confine of her abusive home. Lily is struggling to find a way to overcome her insecurities about boys, growth spurts, and junior high drama while hiding the physical beatings dispatched by her father. Lily finds refuge in a tutoring center for struggling math and science students, finding mentor Judy Lunz, a senior in high school. Lily must compose the courage to escape the hand of her father and confide in both Lunz and the police.

All I Want (Steven Curtis Chapman)

A tragic car accident leaves Rick Swenson, age eight, parent-less in the states. Having moved recently from Canada and having no living family relations, he is forced to jump from foster home to foster home in Conneticut while a permanent family is found. Two years later, with no familial success, Rick decides to give one last plea for a family in a letter to Santa Claus. Skeptical of Santa's existence and afraid of consequences from his naughty behavior, Rick hides the letter in his school binder for nearly two months. Only a week before Christmas, Rick mails the note. come December 25th, Rick receives a surprise call from the foster care facility. The next months of his life are spent adjusting to a life with a new family and learning to appreciate the tender mercies God offers.