A Simple Song

Here, Chris Stapleton is uplifted by his family's presence as he deals with the struggles of everyday life. Tryna quit these cigarettes I can't seem to kick em yet Sister got laid off last fall And I got high cholesterol But I love my life Man it's something to see It's the kids and the dogs and you and me Stapleton told Taste of Country that he wrote the stripped down song with his father-in-law, Darrell Hayes, and their situations at the time inspired the lyrics. "It was basically just he and I taking things that were halfway going on with both of us at the time and rolling it up in a ball and putting it in a song," he said.