30 Early 2000s Country Songs That Will Make Your Day Better

These songs made your life better from 1999-2006.

1. "It Just Comes Natural" by George Strait

MCA Nashville

Lyric that instantly made you feel better:

Fire burns, waves crash

Seeds grow and good things last

2. "Kerosene" by Miranda Lambert

Epic Nashville

Lyric that instantly made you feel better:

Life aint hard but it's too long to live it like some country song

3. "Who I Am" by Jessica Andrews

Dreamworks Nashville

Lyric that instantly made you feel better:

Sometimes I'm clueless and I'm clumsy

But I've got friends that love me

And they know just where I stand

4. "Find Out Who Your Friends Are" by Tracy Lawrence

Rocky Comfort

Lyric that instantly made you feel better:

Hit the gas get there fast

Never stop to think 'what's in it for me?' or 'it's way too far.'

They just show on up with their big old heart

5. "What About Now?" by Lonestar

BNA

Lyric that instantly made you feel better:

What about now, why should we wait?

We can chase these dreams down the Interstate

6. "Good Directions" by Billy Currington

Mercury Nashville

Lyric that instantly made you feel better:

Thank God for good directions...and turnip greeeeens

7. "Something Like That" by Tim McGraw

Curb

Lyric that instantly made you feel better:

I had a barbeque stain on my white tee shirt

You were killing me in that miniskirt

8. "The Lucky One" by Faith Hill

Warner Bros. Nashville

Lyric that instantly made you feel better:

I got no place i should go

I got no worries you know

Second or seventh street

It doesn't matter to me

9. "A Real Fine Place To Start" by Sara Evans

RCA Nashville

Lyric that instantly made you feel better:

Holding you close, chasin' that moon

Spending all night

Lovin' just who you are...

Sparks fly in in the dark

10. "Wave On Wave" by Pat Green

Universal/Mercury/Republic

Lyric that instantly made you feel better:

Mile upon mile got no direction

We're all playing the same game

We're all looking for redemption

Just afraid to say the name

11. "Better Life" by Keith Urban

Capitol Records

Lyric that instantly made you feel better:

Someday, baby

You and I are gonna be the ones

Good luck's gonna shine

12. "Who Wouldn't Wanna Be Me?" by Keith Urban

Capitol

Lyric that instantly made you feel better:

I got no money in my pockets

I got a hole in my jeans

I had a job and I lost it

But it won't get to me

13. "The World" by Brad Paisley

Arista Nashville

Lyric that instantly made you feel better:

You think you're one of millions but you're one in a million to me

When you wonder if you matter, baby look into my eyes

And tell me, can't you see you're everything to me

14. "Up!" by Shania Twain

Mercury Nashville

Lyric that instantly made you feel better:

Even something as simple as

Forgetting to fill up on gas

There ain't no explanation why

Things like that can make you cry

Just gotta learn to have a laugh

15. "Born To Fly" by Sara Evans

RCA Nashville

Lyric that instantly made you feel better:

I will soar away like the blackbird

I will blow in the wind like a seed

I will plant my heart in the garden of my dreams

And I will grow up where I'll wander wild and free

16. "Cowboy Take Me Away" by the Dixie Chicks

Monument

Lyric that instantly made you feel better:

I wanna walk and not run

I wanna skip and not fall

I wanna look at the horizon and not see a building standing tall

17. "If You Ever Stop Loving Me" by Montgomery Gentry

Columbia Nashville

Lyric that instantly made you feel better:

That's all right, I'm OK

It ain't nothin' but another day

18. "Something More" by Sugarland

Mercury Nashville

Lyric that instantly made you feel better:

Some believe in destiny and some believe in fate

But I believe that happiness is something we create

19. "Stand" by Rascal Flatts

Lyric Street

Lyric that instantly made you feel better:

You get mad, you get strong

Wipe your hands, shake it off

Then you stand

20. "Watch The Wind Blow By" by Tim McGraw

Curb

Lyric that instantly made you feel better:

I like it best just like this

Doing nothing all the way

So let's lay down in the tall grass

Dreaming away

21. "It's A Great Day To Be Alive" by Travis Tritt

Columbia Nashville

Lyric that instantly made you feel better:

I got rice cooking in the microwave

I got a three day beard I don't plan to shave

It's a goofy thing but I just gotta say, hey,

I'm doing alright

22. "Goodbye Earl" by the Dixie Chicks

Monument

Lyric that instantly made you feel better:

So the girls bought some land and a roadside stand out on highway 109

They sell Tennessee ham and strawberry jam

And they don't lose any sleep at night

'cause Earl had to die!

23. "My Next Thirty Years" by Tim McGraw

Curb

Lyric that instantly made you feel better:

Drink a little lemonade and not so many beers

Maybe I’ll remember my next thirty years

24. "How Do You Like Me Now?!" by Toby Keith

Dreamworks Nashville

Lyric that instantly made you feel better:

I couldnt make you love me

But I always dreamed about living in your radio

How do you like me now?

25. "It's Five O'Clock Somewhere" by Alan Jackson & Jimmy Buffett

Arista Nashville

Lyric that instantly made you feel better:

I'm gettin' paid by the hour, an' older by the minute

My boss just pushed me over the limit

I'd like to call him somethin'

I think I'll just call it a day

26. "Don't Worry 'Bout A Thing" by SHeDAISY

Lyric Street

Lyric that instantly made you feel better:

Life gets sticky, life can bruise

Sometimes you win sometimes your losing

No matter what it brings

Don't worry 'bout a thing

27. "Livin' Part Of Life" by Eric Church

Capitol Nashville

Lyric that instantly made you feel better:

I’m so tired of only wishing

I could leave my troubles behind

I wanna be front porch rocking

With a big sun dropping in a blue sky

Kick back and get hiiiiigh

28. "Ain't Nothing 'Bout You" by Brooks & Dunn

Arista Nashville

Lyric that instantly made you feel better:

In my life I've been hammered by some heavy blows

That never knocked me off my feet

All you gotta do is smile at me and down I go

29. "If You're Going Through Hell" by Rodney Atkins

Curb

Lyric that instantly made you feel better:

If you're going through hell keep on going

Don't slow down if you're scared don't show it

You might get out before the devil even knows you're there

30. "Free And Easy (Down The Road I Go)" by Dierks Bentley

Capitol Nashville

Lyric that instantly made you feel better:

Got the sun shining on me like a big spotlight

So I know everything is gonna be alright

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