Songs That I Thought Would Have Different Meaning

Everyone knows at least one song that had different meaning than expected. These are my song that should have different meaning.

Kacey Musgraves - Space Cowboy. When I read for the first the title I though it would be a song about Space and by that I mean the expense in which the solar system, stars and galaxies exist. And I was like; "no, it can't be, that would be a awesome song" but it ain't about that. It's a song about break up, givin' a cowboy space that he needs. It's pretty, damn good song
Phrase of the song:
You can have your space, cowboy
I ain't gonna fence you in
Go on, ride away in your Silverado 
Guess I'll see you 'round again
I know my place, and it ain't with you 

Ernest Tubb - Tennessee Border. Before I heard it for the first time I thought it will be a song maybe about Tennessee and why he doesn't want to move out of the state but it turn out be one of the funniest songs I've ever heard. Ernest Tubb and Red Foley make fun of one particular woman's appearance.
Phrase of the song:
Her hair was red
Her name was Helen
Her nose looked like big banana 

Ronnie Milsap - Stranger In My House. I expected a cheating song and I've got that but this one is very witty. I know that Ronnie Milsap is blind and that fact makes this song witty. In the song he knows that his spouse is probably cheating on him and he can feel the presence of that man and he can't see him. I think this song shows that he is not taking his disability very seriously and can make jokes about it, and that why my favorite...
Phrase of the song:  
When I'm holding her
I swear I feel the presence of another man
There's a stranger in my house
Somebody here that I can't see
Stranger in my house 
Somebody here trying to take her away from me 

Tracy Lawrence - If The World Had a Front Porch. It was one of the weirdest music video and lyrics that I've ever saw and heard. It's a song about front porch and good ole days where everything was simpler and people were happier. He recalls good memories about the past, that happened on the porch.
Phrase of the song:
It was where I first got up the nerve to steal me my first kiss
And it was where I learned to play guitar and pray I had the gift 
If the world had a front porch, like we did back then
We'd still have our problems but we'd all be friends 

George Strait - Ocean Front Property. I have very special (maybe funny) story about this song. For the first time I heard that song when my english wasn't very good. I would say it was at intermediate level. But the thing was that I understood the words but I couldn't spot the sarcasm. There is a part of song when George Strait sings: "I got some ocean front property in Arizona, from my front porch you can see the sea." After hearing that I said: I've got to check that and I took an atlas. I found Arizona and I saw that Californian Bay is really close by. One day I read the story that when you stand on can you can see as far as 30 miles ahead. Then I said to myself: "Well, when you climb tall enough mountain you could actually see the see from Arizona". But after a few months I realized that it was just sarcasm. Silly me!.
Phrase of the song:
I got some ocean front property in Arizona 
From my front porch you can see the sea
I got some ocean front property in Arizona 
If you'll buy that, I'll throw the golden gate in free


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