Madonna - Live To Tell (Official Video)

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Lyrics:
I have a tale to tell
Sometimes, it gets so hard to hide it well
I was not ready for the fall
Too blind to see the writing on the wall
A man can tell a thousand lies
I've learned my lesson well
Hope I live to tell the secret I have learned
'Til then, it will burn inside of me
I know where beauty lives
I've seen it once, I know the warmth she gives
The light that you could never see
It shines inside, you can't take that from me
A man can tell a thousand lies
I've learned my lesson well
Hope I live to tell the secret I have learned
'Til then, it will burn inside of me
The truth is never far behind
You kept it hidden well
If I live to tell the secret I knew
Then will I ever have the chance again?
If I ran away, I'd never have the strength to go very far
How would they hear the beating of my heart?
Will it grow cold, the secret that I hide? Will I grow old?
How will they hear? When will they learn? How will they know?
A man can tell a thousand lies
I've learned my lesson well
Hope I live to tell the secret I have learned
'Til then, it will burn inside of me
The truth is never far behind
You kept it hidden well
If I live to tell the secret I knew
Then will I ever have the chance again?
A man can tell a thousand lies
I've learned my lesson well
Hope I live to tell the secret I have learned
'Til then, it will burn inside of me
#OfficialMusicVideo #Madonna #LiveToTell #WeAreWarnerRecords

[@moeruss2726]

I think this is one of Madonna’s best songs and one of her most beautiful looks. Just natural beauty. ❤

[@kda61]

I also thought this look with the shoulder length honey blonde hair brought out her natural beauty more than the short, white blonde hair. She's wearing the same look in the Material girl video, plus dressed in formal wear, and she looks stunning. Wish they'd picked a better dress for her to wear for this video, but the video was reflecting the theme of the movie, so I get it.

[@vertbeke7977]

🐐🐐🎸👍♥️

[@ktk2008]

​@@kda61yup, typical women criticizing the way another woman is dressed

[@kda61]

@@ktk2008 Sensitive much? LOL!

[@ktk2008]

@@kda61 I'm not the one complaining about her dress

[@marilynschmidt6400]

What a flashback. Sean Penn was so good looking. So was Madonna. How I miss the 80's

[@Joey-y8y]

When this song came out I was young and beautiful, me and David Cassidy 😊

[@JamesStreet-tp1vb]

I can't remember if they were married when this song came out?

[@milacab-gp5rw]

​@JamesStreet-tp1vb this came out in 1986 they got married in 1985

[@Mouse_007]

Thanks, I was just listening trying to remember when they were together​@milacab-gp5rw

[@Richard_Fouts]

@@Joey-y8y I have a feeling you are still beautiful.

[@jamesbolen8991]

In my opinion, the BEST song she's ever done!

[@JustinDudley-ed4cm]

Yes I agree your spot on

[@SuperFunkykool]

One of,"Take a bow" is a masterful classic that crosses all demographic.

[@agonistes06]

so many best.

[@gilsonferreira7664]

E também laisla bonita

[@mattevans8342]

Can't argue that......

[@richardgolding9987]

Madonna's finest hour, she should have won a grammy for this song, movie was great too

[@vertbeke7977]

👍

[@emmamaystirton2789]

Definitely, what was name of film again ??😮

[@LibraJohnny]

@@emmamaystirton2789 "At Close Range", starring Sean Penn (her then-husband) and Christopher Walken (who will feature a few years later in the "Bad Girl" video directed by David Fincher).

[@lisarousseau788]

Agree I'm not a Madonna fan but I absolutely love this song she did a fantastic job

[@okosuntom2808]

@@LibraJohnny thanks..will check it up

[@joannak2797]

I dedicate this song to all who live to tell the truth. Even though it is difficult, it is worth it to keep your heart pure, full of love and light ✨❤️✨

[@ОльгаЧеремшанцева-т8ц]

От таких как ты учишься лжи,злобе и предательству

[@marialetiziachisci8421]

Beautiful comment

[@melodeevonmeyer81]

❤❤❤❤❤ very well said I love every word

[@lindaritter1343]

Absolutely

[@stever507]

Jesus is the way, the TRUTH and the life

[@dennisadams8775]

They do not make music like this anymore, a classic, packed with so much emotion.

[@dennisadams8775]

@my master gomunkul told me this Your mum apparently.

[@vitoriafontineli2597]

Fazem sim (talvez ela não)

[@mvhtriple]

@dennis adams: Yes they do. But not in the public way. Go listen to Steven Wilson (Porcupine Tree, Steven Wilson, Black Field, No-Man, Storm Corrosion). Thank me later ;-D

[@willietabors1738]

Exactly

[@Reinvented04]

Such a beautiful song, so passionate 👑😍🙏

[@Paraense_Anonimo]

This is certainly Madonna's best song, both in terms of composition and quality. Anyone listening in 2025?

[@rarex50484]

People say she's a weak vocalist but listening to the covers of this track I realize that it is deceptively difficult to sing well.

[@kendradavis6134]

Pulled up in 2025

[@stratdx]

As a kid, Madonna was all over MTV. She seemed fun and talented, but when this video came out, I was stunned by how beautiful she is and what an emotive, beautiful voice she has.

[@larryhiker1]

She gets better with age.

[@merlinambrosius2554]

Everyone is beautiful when all the right angles and makeup are applied.

[@mikefagan3581]

Speaking as a mathematician, she looks spectacular at many other angles besides right angles -- just sayin' 😀@@merlinambrosius2554

[@Kiki-D-Kimono]

​@@merlinambrosius2554Why the hate?

[@merlinambrosius2554]

@@Kiki-D-Kimono: Why the aversion to recognizing fact, being unable to accept it, and then calling it hate?

[@tonik-sw9jx]

This beautiful song almost makes me cry every time I hear it 😢. Brings me back memories of the good old days when my beloved parents were young, healthy and alive too . The 80s and 90s will always be unforgettable.

[@shuroom57]

Those memories are as good as gold, really. They will sustain you through the most hellish days.

[@brwnskngem_1725]

Same! 😢Missing my father! Those were the best times EVER!!!

[@victorhugocarballo]

Same here, this songs brings the happy memories with my parents

[@elkinlopez2511]

BOGOTÁ COLOMBIA ❤❤😢😢👏👏👏

[@cristobalrodriguez8693]

😢 love your comment

[@MikeFortino]

As a songwriter, this is the greatest song she ever wrote. And I believe she wrote this is minutes. People don’t give her enough credit. She’s an excellent songwriter.

[@bongobongo985]

Ecxept she didn't write it, she co-wrote it. Which means she didn't write it.

[@RB-we7tc]

She wrote the lyrics. Leonard wrote the music

[@Tubeinnit]

Average lyrics/vocals... good musicianship/production.

[@safetyharbordog]

Agreed. This is her best. Gorgeous song.

[@fede1662]

the best song remains " The power of goodbye"

[@Dilligaf666]

Beautiful song

[@23v0lv32]

This is her best song. Without a doubt

[@helgafever768]

Take a Bow and You'll See are better 😊

[@ttouran]

2nd best, La Isla Bonita is the best song.

[@thesweetestteas.4534]

Truly!

[@DwanGarcez]

@@ttouran, La Isla Bonita is kind of dull.

[@rickycole6327]

Her best vocal performance

[@lizz5759]

I'm 45 now. I remember playing this song in my walk-man on my way home from a beach vacation that we took every summer. I was always so sad when we left. It was the only time and place when my parents didn't fight. My favorite song ever by Madonna. It really helped with my depression at such a very young age.

[@davidkeith9015]

Hi Liz I have suffered e xtreme depression severe anxiety and bipolar issues.I was able to get bye with good education and became quite successful ,but I long for the 1980s and especially Madonna.

[@tmrevenge]

The power of music is amazing. This song reminds me of long road trips with my older brother. For some reason it feels like it was rainy a lot of those days

[@armisbarakzai6256]

I'm your age and the same here....

[@paulforsell5197]

You’re sweet . I’m around your age . My ex looks like Madonna in this video . She is half my age . So this song haunts me . My parents didn’t get along either even on vacation but I think we both turned out ok even though it’s so sad when your parents aren’t close

[@docgerolf77]

Same age - same thoughts ❤️

[@lisak4367]

This song is Madonna's Masterpiece.

[@patricksanders3379]

b

[@starsky7577]

True And a great movie too..

[@tinacaldwell7119]

@@starsky7577 what was the name of this movie

[@lisak4367]

@@tinacaldwell7119 "At Close Range"

[@rafaelbriganti502]

Agreed!

[@Jorge_Broa]

The 80's wasn't a decade, it was an emotion. Some iconic female themes are just... unforgettable.

[@misled1982]

what a beautiful way to put it, Truly this song takes me to a time far behind

[@davidbrisbane7206]

It was the beginning of modern technology. Before then technological progress was slow.

[@bicyclist2]

It was the beginning, and when it was completely gone we missed it.

[@gtnsbossman]

Amen

[@rpg5017]

I heard this somewhere too. Perfectly put. Ill forever repeat those words. ..."80s was an emotion"

[@andersonfunare313]

I am privilege to have grown up in the times and likes of Madonna, Laura Branigan, Cindy Lauper when music was pure and good and authentic. This is one of Madonna's crowning jewels in her illustrious cabinet of wonderful, wonderful timeless classics. The pure unadulterated simplicity of 'Live to Tell' and the deep emotions it evokes goes on to say this one song is Madonnas heart and soul poured out in intricate melodies, hauntingly beautiful and heart warming!

[@kuuttinen]

I agree. If I had the chance to go back to the 80's I would. I miss the 80's/90's every day.

[@van6278]

@@kuuttinen I wish I could go back as well. The eighties and 90's were the greatest for music and movies. Great guitarists and voices, Terminator, Rocky, Rambo, they don't do 80's lifestyle anymore. It's all gone. The music and actors of today are no comparison to the 80's. These people don't know what they missed out on.

[@heatherhavens4604]

All of these women influenced me musically! I had the True Blue CD in my walkman at all times :) I was unfortunately born way too late, but luckily my parents were in high school in the 80s and I inherited their music tastes instantly

[@tigritsa74]

Same ❤

[@Langewinchester]

Eu também, mas para nossos pais a música não era pura e nem Madonna😅😅😅❤❤❤

[@mariochong686]

One of her best ballad ever and one of the best ballad of the 80's

[@jlouis4407]

One of the best ballads ever like top 10

[@djreid]

Don't put limitations, It's the best ballad in the past 5 decades to 7 decades, since Garland's "Over the Rainbow", the lyric is not as soft as that one, but much more deep and thought-provoking, as if Hemmingway and even more powerful and honest than Dylan.

[@Alex.fernandes1971]

Amo esta canção. Marcou minha vida nos anos 80s. Era muito jovem;me bate lembranças como um flash. Saudades ❤

[@orlandos2000]

This is still one of Madonna’s masterpieces

[@xarazournatzi9479]

Φυσικά αγαπημένο τραγούδι

[@rvegas81]

They say her vocals are weak. She’s not a good singer smdh! This is fine!

[@MsCanadian26]

Madonna was one of my favourite artists in the 80's. I was in high school when New Wave music became popular. I love this song ❤

[@razvantasca]

@@MsCanadian26 agree, I knew her as a teen, and followed her career until Madame X. She is not the person I was admiring anymore. Plenty to discover or rediscover from the past: William Orbit collaboration on Ray of light, Mirwais on Music, concerts I've enjoyed: Blond Ambition Tour, Erotica. Dropped it when she moved to stadiums... best regards from Paris France !

[@RickyBobby585]

Truth

[@joelkish948]

Im 49..a metal head..but this is the best madonna song..and at close range is one of my fav movies

[@bluecollarjay2959]

Same 👊 and it didn't hurt to have had a major crush on her back then , and still to this day . And at the time we had to hide the fact that we liked some of her music lol. Rock on Man 🤘👊

[@fug..]

same...

[@thebaddog4104]

Daddy daddy give me something..great flick

[@emchammer1815]

this would make a cool metal cover

[@workingmamma5342]

Same! You are a man of good taste.

[@cristhianbonilla8082]

To me, this is Madonna's best song, period. The melody, music arrangements, accurate music transitions, but especially by the amazing job Madonna did with the lyrics. Amazing songwriter.

[@jennifermaxwell-smith2409]

This song and Take A Bow. My two favorites.

[@Anonymous-kh3eu]

Definitely her best song It’s a masterpiece

[@richieschick]

And Oh Father. Love that one too!

[@thetardiszoneofficialyoutube]

100 percent agree

[@morganjanelle4282]

Live To Tell, Oh Father, The Power of Goodbye, and I'll Remember (from the movie "With Honors", starring Brendan Fraser) are _my_ favorites.

[@cissou233]

Ces musiques 80's provoquent en moi tellement de nostalgie ❤

[@jjbradleynyc]

Hands-down, one of the best ballads ever made. Madonna is a talented force that hits us right in the soul.

[@tinafoster8665]

I like how you put that ❤️

[@vertbeke7977]

Yeahhhhh

[@noneofyourbusiness2750]

Do you know why it was made?

[@fredwerza3478]

I like your way with words!

[@NazriB]

Lies again? Born To Live

[@conge2154]

A Young Madonna and Penn. God, where did the years go? Miss the 80s

[@cindydutcher7045]

Absolutely! Where did it go? Aghhh I was just 10 listening to this song

[@conge2154]

@@cindydutcher7045 Yes! Wish atleast some aspect of the 80s could come back. Love Madonna's early hits, especially this one and Borderline.

[@peterbaker8019]

I would like to see Madonna and Sean Penn back together. Everyone knows they still love each other. M's True Blue album was inspired by and dedicated to Sean. M made great music when they were married.

[@lindseybsmith]

@@peterbaker8019 agree!

[@pvtrichter88]

@tony congliano seems to be a common theme I hear now for those of us who grew up in that era , it seems like another world that just remains golden in our minds speaking for myself at least. Keep 80's music alive. Cheers mate. 🤘😎 .

[@escapingboredom6958]

People focus so much on her looks that they forget how many great hits she gave us. Her music / artistry is unbeatable

[@geraldlewis432]

I guess and there's still talent for everyone cuz everyones got a gift but different.

[@jimfay5567]

The problem with her is that SHE focuses too much on her looks, even today at...what?....64 years old? Gimme a break....

[@kp4588]

She doesn’t look that good…

[@milligansimon3384]

@@kp4588 I know. Her body of work has aged gracefully, why can't she

[@vertbeke7977]

Of course

[@MegaPopfly]

Here I am listening to this amazing song at 3am…It takes me back to a time when life was different. I wish I can go back and relive those times. All we can do is reminisce my friends.

[@bleep77]

This is by far Madonna's best song of her career, hands down, and one of the very best pop hits of the 80's! The lyrics and music are haunting and brilliant, and they cut deep. The song was so breathtaking that Sean Penn, Madonna's husband at the time, handpicked it as a soundtrack song to his 1986 underrated crime drama At Close Range that co-starred Christopher Walken, which I recommend everybody see.

[@wilmanric2277]

This song came out when I was in the midst of a personal crisis. This is going to maybe sound a bit lame, but frankly, it helped me deal with the feelings of hopelessness I felt at the time; especially the bridge.

[@Uhhlaneuh]

Wil Manric not lame at all ❤️

[@wilmanric2277]

Thank you....

[@melissacamarillo4767]

bleep77 it is a good movie

[@beesoted65]

Christopher Walkens in it :) so yes

[@ramoncandido2433]

For me this song's instrumental DEFINES the 80's. Classic, harmonious, filled with soul and awesome to listen to.

[@drums5050]

Ye dude

[@Camy211]

👍

[@orestes67]

@@ramoncandido2433 this allllll day.

[@didierlason6453]

You got it, buddy!

[@StarfieldRailway]

Madonna is one of music history's supertalents.

[@MichaelHoare-bh5pg]

Madonna is arguably the most successful female artist of all time.

[@javo1299]

@@MichaelHoare-bh5pgAmén ❤

[@miloseviczarko45]

One of her best ballads. Madonna truly knows how to write and produce a ballad.

[@rjjcms1]

This is one my favourites of her songs. It may be my favourite of her slower tempo ones.

[@trentpettit6336]

SHELL

[@loveit8602]

Madonna has written like 50 amazing ballads. #ballad_queen

[@loveit8602]

This is a ballad but also has a BPM of 112. Madonna ballads always have high energy.

[@fleppie75]

I think it's her best but Patrick Leonard wrote this song, most of the songs she has are written for her, not by her.

[@KayleeCee]

This is one of those songs that has cross generational appeal, I know from experience. I grew up on this song because my mom had it on cassette. I have it on my driving playlist and now my 16 year old son is nuts about it. Great tune!

[@Musicalfan69420]

Same with me but I am twelve

[@rongardner9733]

Probably would have never heard this song again if it wasn't for KZbin. Great things from the past 😊

[@brianhines1452]

It's great that kids are gettiing into the music us Adults are into. Variety is the spice of life!

[@markymarkshannahan1028]

Never a massive fan but it was no coincidence Madonna was the biggest Artist on earth at one time

[@ricenglish4556]

I'm a Rock guy through and through, but the sheer talent of Madonna never ceases to amaze me. Detroit's finest is kind of the female equivalent to Elvis. She is beyond legendary. I remember seeing the movie, At Close Range, and this song just gripped me, it still does. An accomplished drummer and guitar player as well as a great songwriter. And, oh, that voice.

[@samaneta]

I never forgot a time when madonna was promoting the album american life on MTV... and the song has a kind of "rap" in the middle, which talks about prejudice and illusion, etc... At the end of the song someone from the audience compared her to the eminem, and she replied...."I was born in detroit first...."

[@Nellie824]

This movie, At Close Range, is based on a true story. Madonna and Sean Penn were married when this movie was released. Michigan proud for sure, Madonna 💕

[@andrewmorrow6982]

Ric. Same man, at the time listening to Metallica. Maiden and the usual suspects, Madonnas True Blue got spun a lot. Still sounds fresh today. Today's popular music has nothing on this. This song stomps on anything these modern hacks produce.

[@ricenglish4556]

@@andrewmorrow6982 -- Good ears, Andrew. No matter what type of music, you still have to put notes together and make a melody.

[@andrewmorrow6982]

@@ricenglish4556 Absolutely Ric. And at a time when some of these current artists sample. Borrow and downright steal other artists melody lines. Bass lines and whatever else they could take some cues from Madonna and learn to write their own catchy hooks.

[@revzef]

"Live to Tell" is the story of my life. I have listened to it a thousand times, and I have yet to get through it without crying. I know she lived it! So did I, and likely many others. But only she had the talent of soul to write it down, and set it to music in this deeply touching way. What an artist she is! I love her!

[@jasonchapman2047]

Live to Tell was written for the movie at close range based on true story about a father who killed his son's you live that wow interesting

[@ColtraneTaylor]

@@jasonchapman2047 lol. She probably latched onto the part where "a man can tell a thousand lies" and thought "Yes! that's all my relationships ever!" Insta-feminism.

[@user-hg2wq1ec3t]

​@@jasonchapman2047Infelizmente indiretamente isso as vezes acontece

[@Howlingburd19]

Fun fact, her “True Blue” album still remains one of the best selling albums of all time. Three different songs from the album were number one hits on the US Billboard 100: “Live to Tell”, “Papa Don’t Preach”, and “Open Your Heart”. If KZbin existed in the 80’s a lot of her songs would’ve had hundreds of millions of views! And Madonna is still awesome in 2024 :)

[@cristosanto3850]

ta la dentro mano do ceu

[@felipeserrato6271]

At that time I visiting Mexico and you could hear all them songs over there

[@Howlingburd19]

@@felipeserrato6271 I didn’t exist during that era lol. But luckily I had a mother who grew up in the 80’s; so as I grew up, 80’s music in the house and the car was extremely common! It caught on to me so much, and that’s why I adore 80’s music (it would get my vote for the best decade for music), including Madonna :D

[@muffs55mercury61]

MTV was there and it generated a lot of big hits.

[@teresamassa1987]

Concordo

[@harbosonius]

This seriously was the best thing Madonna ever did. Amazing song. At Close Range is a great movie, too.

[@guidoigualadogui]

The 80's the greatest decade of music ever!

[@acegonzalez8276]

@Undoctrinated that's actually the current era, which explains why current music is so shitty

[@ongie9736]

@Undoctrinated '..... that's what your mum said

[@mikeallen3384]

guido rearte 70's 80's & 90's

[@mairih]

@Mike Allen AMEN

[@kingshawukee]

The 60s & 90s are the greatest decades of music

[@vikkij460]

1986, its like a time travel back to my youth. What a time & era to grow up. Love this song. Grown up with Madonna through every decade. Brilliant.

[@martymcfly754]

I know what you mean, the 80's was and still is the best decade ever!

[@discouniverse]

oldies gathering

[@Addie9313]

I

[@richardmiddleton1583]

Vikki Jones i agree with you

[@andreamaria8548]

We was lucky to be Young in the 80´s....i won´t Change with the People today.

[@hectoraracena9631]

I danced this marvelous song with my first love, in 1987 ... It was magic, slowly moving, holding her in my arms ... never thought that moment she was starting to letting me go in her heart. I´m 55 now but every time I hear this song, my hearts flies to her, thankful for the gift of being loved, at least for a while.

[@shawnsheikh1183]

I roller skated to this song with my first love and I'm 47, which means we were only 11 years old. And we were together from the first day of 6th grade until the last day! Then we both suddenly realized we hated each other...

[@hectoraracena9631]

@dennytango Totally agree. It stays with you forever.

[@Z00Maddict]

Thanks for that, this song and Crazy For You always remind me of driving home from my highschool girlfriend on empty roads listening to late night radio full of those first love feelings.

[@moneymac5214]

Where is she is now

[@tejkay2999]

I’m here 2025 in awe of some of the songs Madonna sang in the early years of her career… Papa don’t preach, oh father, live to tell… how they healed us, liberated us… She’s a true icon.

[@ClaudiaFlores-ph1hr]

One of the best songs ever written: "If I run away, I'll never have the strength to go very far how would they hear the beating of my heart" ... "a man can tell a thousand lies" every word in this song!!!

[@elaustraliano]

I read your comment at the very moment that part of the song played!

[@mikec.5307]

And her voice as she sings it. Gives me chills every time

[@ErikBreivik]

Interesting that you emphasized the lyric...”a man can tell a thousand lies”. Not all men are liars. Just saying. ✌🏻

[@martyragenda3541]

Dope....

[@paulioni613]

"how will they hear? how will they learn? how will they know?" The person who wrote this wrote it as a powerful spirtual message imo

[@Laurenavan]

I have always felt a personal connection with Madonna. She puts a great deal of energy into her shows which relects her pride in her work.

[@ccburrows8704]

l fully agree.

[@deannefindlay2323]

i wrote maddonna and is a personal favourite

[@andrewmoonbeam321]

+Lauren Anon And she gets her tits out, always a winner.

[@Leon-Servant-of-Christ]

Here here!

[@Leon-Servant-of-Christ]

+chanthepimp to Laurens comment

[@Meteorotaki]

Those synths gives me the chills. The 80's had the best synth sounds IMO.

[@LSTORMTheMC]

2:47 is where I got chills

[@kaffeice7]

Meteorotaki true true , amazing and haunting sounds

[@brabra1440]

right??!!!

[@jtpinnyc]

FM synthesis, gave us all those bright and sparkly bell sounds

[@Caltops78]

Meteorotaki it's my favorite part of the song as well

[@amaujln2854]

j'ai grandi avec vous. Merci pour touutes vos superbes musiques

[@SuzanaR]

The breakdown in the middle where it goes silent and she starts with "If I ran away..." gives me chills. Underrated masterpiece!

[@melissaparks6290]

My fave part of the song!! ❤️

[@SS-tm4fq]

Best part of the song

[@jpowell180]

When I had my first job and bought a walkman (well, a General Electric knockoff), True Blue was one of the first cassettes I bought (at Kmart); the cassette itself was made of clear plastic, and oddly enough, smelled like grapes. I'd listen to that song many times on that tape, along with some Huey Lewis and the News (Do you like Huey Lewis and the News? ;)

[@theredheadsaidNYC]

@@jpowell180 The Like a Prayer cassette was scented some nasty patchouli!

[@johnreed9050]

@@melissaparks6290 this was when she was in her prime before she got full of herself and let it all go to her head. There was few female artists who were on her level at this time. Maybe Whitney Houston

[@suzanneforgione1018]

Madonna in the 80s was so awesome. She had so many great songs out then. This song is so beautiful ❤️❤️

[@helgafever768]

...and 90's as well (Vogue, Rain, I'll remember, Take a Bow, You'll See, Frozen, The Power of Goodbye, Ray of Light, etc)

[@fearnobodyandtrustnoone]

And she's so pretty back then.

[@debrawarriner5211]

@@fearnobodyandtrustnoone Still pretty

[@fearnobodyandtrustnoone]

@@debrawarriner5211 naa...too many surgeries done to her face nowadays. I like natural beauty.

[@cooldude3089]

And so was she.. a goddess

[@Stevie163]

This is without doubt her best song ever

[@imperator4973]

Cant agree more

[@kevinraval1625]

It’s #2 for me. Take A Bow is #1.

[@dougsfavorites2578]

She wrote for Sean Penn who was her husband at t h e time. Good movie "At Close Range"

[@Kriegsbeil5577]

@@dougsfavorites2578 "At Close Range" is basically forgotten. It's never played in syndication on any of the major cable or streaming networks. It's like you have to "know about the movie" to search it out and see it.

[@Kriegsbeil5577]

@@kevinraval1625 1. Live to Tell 2. You'll See 3. Take A Bow My top 3 Madonna songs. And I'm not a Madonna fan, at all, really. Grew up on her music because I'm a Millenial, but those 3 songs are stellar.

[@mrjp8510]

Madonna’s song writing skills are so underrated. This song lyrically is a poem. Her vocals shine and radiate the emotions perfectly. Total masterpiece!

[@amberl4053]

I didnt know she wrote this. Love her for it

[@sinansermet]

@@amberl4053 Yes, she did, in an article years ago I remember Patrick Leonard, the composer of the song said I guess, she sat and wrote the lyrics one time, and sang and recorded it for one time. Madonna wrote the lyrics of almost all of her songs, you can check this out, they're from her heart, she's not just a singer but an amazing songwriter.

[@dennistedford5359]

That is all true

[@cam2012cm32]

She's a legend!!..

[@cam2012cm32]

@@amberl4053 this song was to her ex husband Sean Penn us 80s babies know

[@swozzares]

omg, 37 years later! this never gets old, one of her greatest

[@indupati08]

🙏

[@janeporter818]

Facts 💯

[@Richard_Fouts]

WOW, hard to believe it's been that long. I've seen this movie a dozen times. Stunning performances by the Penn brothers.

[@Edward-r9l]

Out of the fantastic career that Madonna had and all the great music this icon has put out I can honestly say ''Live to Tell'' is my absolute favorite..I love Madonna

[@hernandoling5661]

Queen

[@blancal.padilla2123]

Mine too 🎼💥

[@ktewin]

She was absolutely stunning ❤ definitely she was in her prime! I cannot say such positive things these days, shes changed so much, in a way thats unappealing to me anyway. Nevertheless, I'll always remember her this way, full of beautiful talent and her looks cant beat!❤❤❤

[@kevincosgrove948]

Madonna’s greatest song. Haunting and stands alone.

[@hehhehhuhhuh7014]

Kevin Cosgrove: Absolutely!

[@nicolegray6771]

🙏

[@evieh1535]

I agree with this

[@bobsilver3983]

The 80's was pretty cool, I have great memories. You people have no idea how good life was WITHOUT internet and cellphones.

[@OfficiallyWrexx]

that's because ignorance is bliss

[@mrgetbad5725]

I agree with you...a simpler age

[@knenda1]

+Bob Silver Cars sucked, people smoked everywhere, hairstyles were terrible and you never knew who you would get when you called on a phone. But we were 30 years younger. That probably outweights all of that.

[@rangerrocket]

Cellphones and internet is used to communicate with your friends and loved ones far away but .... It became TOO much for now... you could see other malicious websites that is not safe for children.. and SO many things.

[@malthof200]

what a jerk you must be in rl

[@loriannrichardsshinn6714]

On one of the worst days of my battle with cancer, I dedicate this to my father in heaven. Rip daddy. I miss u

[@valerio5171]

💪💪💪♥️♥️♥️

[@kimberlyargiris7520]

Oh I'm sorry for your loss! He will be watching over you..

[@michaelkoszowski3716]

God bless him , and you as well !

[@tracystowe3316]

🙏

[@parkjamesshaw3189]

LORI, WE LUV U. WER HERE FOR U

[@shekelafarmer8306]

Beautiful heartfelt richness coming from out of Madonna's nature's spirit beautiful body signaled as 🎶singing 🎶 🎶 so richly.❤Love peace & respect to Madonna sharing such richness of her nature's spirit is also richly as in beautifully crafty 🎨 arting the beautiful helpful made-up communications of drawings made-up by lines and curves to make signals of sign languaged as words to talk, say, tell or speak to mimick about ways that some males and females 🎨 art to communicate and or can relate to by someway; while some males and females just simply understand, appreciate and or enjoy such beautifulness having learnt the beautiful/helpful art 🎨.

[@sajansari]

Hits you hard. Sums up the 80s, was in high school aged 14 when this was out! Amazing memories. I always tell my son to cherish every minute of his youth. Best days!!

[@jamosh1967]

I graduated high school in 1986 the year this song was released.

[@chuckjones1962]

Graduated 1989... Well said and couldn't agree more. I told my high school aged son something similar a few weeks ago.

[@brianbriggs9939]

Me too, 14 in 1986 Class of '89. I'm a metalhead and I love this song and the movie. I don't have any kids but every single day I wish I could go back to the '80s. Best days especially 1986.

[@LisaChung-tz9lw]

@@brianbriggs9939 1986 was my year too. Nothing could go wrong.

[@lolabelle4959]

I have a 15 yr old + I honestly think youth is wasted on the young. They won't realise how lucky they were until our age❤

[@oldskoolcool1887]

One of her best songs. An underrated gem.

[@rickycole6327]

I think this is her best vocal performance

[@BrianCarnevaleB26]

she was a beauty back then and up until she transformed into a monkey!

[@emmarae4322]

Underrated?😂🙄

[@vertbeke7977]

kind of .. underrated ..

[@BruceLee-zd9bw]

This in my opinion is Madonna's finest hour. Her vocals and music to this song are absolutely brilliant. 🙏🙏🙏👏👏👏

[@lascosasporsunombre8991]

and the lyrics, this song is amazing, who would have guess she would change to a ballad for the time when it was released

[@januarpurnama4554]

setuju

[@rickycole6327]

This is her best vocal performance.

[@writepg]

Two weeks ago? I knew you were still around. 😊 ❤

[@sayzraykam]

Et cara qual e o sistema! prejuyzu

[@jnairac]

80s the best times

[@daynal9594]

Absolutely one of the most hauntingly beautiful songs ever...the music today doesn't even come close 💗

[@jeffnorth4941]

A few years ago I almost got in a fight with someone who said that Lady Gaga was better than Madonna. I am hard rock fan but I really like a few songs by Madonna and this one is my favorite by her. As for Gaga, it isn't close. Don't like a single song by her.

[@2tropar_da_12]

❤every time I listen to this song my heart beats too hard.

[@robsanz9746]

Well written, Dayna...from one 'hauntingly beautiful' to another. Yeah...I had ta go there. 😏

[@rjjcms1]

I would say that Lady Gaga is hugely influenced by some of the great songstresses of the 70s and 80s,but has shown a keenness to experiment,something that is far too scarce in mainstream music nowadays,and an appreciation of the art of music. She hasn't produced anything I know of to hold a candle to this yet,though.

[@trentpettit6336]

SHELL

[@ashleyj7789]

One of her best songs, without a doubt. This song is all class.

[@alexandress77]

As Spanish Eyes

[@mycountdownz4980]

Ranks no. 1 in my countdown video. kzbin.info/www/bejne/kIKsZ2isZ62ab9k

[@nh3100]

@@alexandress77 exactly.

[@MrDigitalman78]

Top US number one in the week ending February 7th, 1987, according to AT 40

[@juliakay6204]

This is my favorite Madonna song!

[@jamesdoyle3885]

This song really is imo Madonna's finest. It has a mysterious and vulnerable feel, along with beautiful melodies and arrangements. A great vocal too ❤️

[@ericacosta2392]

Tive q escolher entre meus filhos e o amor da minha vida!

[@meggiewillis9705]

Same goes for me.

[@jethrotull7773]

@@ericacosta2392 yeah okay very well good good

[@christiancharles309]

This is one of the greatest songs of all time

[@Bazza5000]

I like this because this is telling a story, and it comes from the depth and shows angst of a woman who has gone through a hard heart-break. Of course, men can relate to that happening to them, as well. She also says she now understand where beauty lives. She's beginning to mature and can see different possibilities that the younger version couldn't see, and that she is rising above it all. I love this song, too. I could agree that it's Madonna's best song.

[@Ardennes-q9e]

❤❤very beautiful song.

[@pamcbarrettcotter877]

Best Madonna song ever. shows her true talent

[@JDG81-r3b]

Agree, she isn't the greatest singer but her invocation of emotion in this song (and many others like Oh Father) keep me in tears ❤️

[@yazminfarraj5609]

Madonna was so young, beautiful and vibrant. This song is just one of the best songs of her time.

[@omarsleem5286]

Girl your beautiful and vibrant 🌸 🌹 what’s yur insta and I agree with yu best song of her time

[@conge2154]

Agree 💯!!!!!!

[@ramonperez4118]

I know outstanding uffff like an angel from the sky

[@marblox9300]

She ended up having a lot of great songs.,

[@larrycharles5751]

Hello beautiful

[@JennAyBaybAyy]

One of my all time faves. 💔 I miss the 80's.

[@hernandoling5661]

Nice

[@joshsalazar4574]

Yes memories...this sond is timeles

[@mihailalexe9235]

Not only you, at that time there was music, not noise!!

[@walterjara2225]

Me too

[@mikexlr8]

Same here

[@Spyker8921]

Madonna's best song. Ever.

[@ginasousabranco5637]

written and produced by Madonna and Pat Leonard and recorded the vocal in just a couple of hours and thought it would be sung by someone else!

[@ronnielippe855]

Don't forget Take a bow

[@razzles5338]

Cherish is

[@80sfreak14]

This Hung Up Spotlight and White Heat are probably my top favourites

[@conge2154]

Yes!!

[@seansavage2749]

In my opinion, this is Madonna's best ballad. Also, "At Close Range" is one of the most underrated films of the 1980's. I highly recommend it.

[@helloskinny510]

SDC 8388 I have a problem with people tagging this song as a ballad. This song is too epic to be considered just a ballad. Is more like a power pop or a pop rock to me.

[@buddry538]

You knew Sean Penn would be one the few to win 2 oscars

[@jimraga3105]

Spanish Eyes is also good.

[@alistairraggett2247]

Totally agree on both counts!

[@kyletaylor9593]

Crazy for you was very good also...from vison quest

[@harethhad939]

A masterpiece , Madonna's best song

[@vertbeke7977]

One of the best songs ever she has others other songs better !! ..

[@celiaw.6465]

She has so many great songs. It is diffivult to say. Damn Sean Penn was so gorgeous.

[@vertbeke7977]

@@celiaw.6465 Yeahhhh

[@Bluerocket4739]

Agreed, and in my opinion her only good song.

[@vertbeke7977]

@@Bluerocket4739 Nope she has many better songs though this one's one of the best songs ever best ballad ever

[@XTUBER010]

This song is so surreal

[@jorgeloya6420]

Chills chills that's how good this song is. Awesome 🎉❤

[@retrosound72]

My absolute favorite song from Madonna! Here shows Madonna impressively how good she is. Perfect voicing and song arrangement. You can't do better than that. It's not without reason that this song is still played everywhere today. When the song came out I was 14, time flies.

[@liefgevers6316]

Ja

[@yanksgiants22605]

I love this one and Frozen

[@MrDuncanr7]

and 'Dear Jessie'

[@tahamohamedelouarrak6420]

Yeah man , absolutely without a doubt .

[@ALucas73]

How about "Oh Father"?

[@michaelgallagher4221]

This song is so beautiful but haunting for me at the same time. It speaks to the ending of something you thought would always be there

[@thespiderwebbs1]

a woman can to been there

[@parkjamesshaw3189]

Great fuckin call Michael. So true

[@Iamthatgirl59]

Yes...so true...Michael

[@235-z7t]

Said perfectly

[@ronrodriguez9741]

Stream Madonna

[@ozzy4621]

Sometimes I get teary eyed because I want to go back to the 80s. Absolutely wonderful years. No cell phones! No internet! No problems!

[@michaelart4878]

Blessings,🌿

[@jefftate01]

I grew up in the 60's. Even better. Only 3 tv channels.

[@MichaelSevilla97]

​@@jefftate01Im sure it wasn't better the 80s were amazing ✌

[@ANCCDC]

@@jefftate01 No se de donde eres pero aquí en España solo dos canales para los pocos que tenían televisión, que tiempos aquellos.

[@mauroantoniopereira6190]

MADONA É TUDO DE BOM

[@Syld0103]

There's something hauntingly beautiful about this song...chills

[@ginasousabranco5637]

Yes, the lyrics, the music arrangement and of course, Madonna's vocals

[@robertmatteuccijr7280]

Yeah what's haunting about it is that this guy is real and I know because I have been on a maximum security AKA the hole for three years with this nut and he doesn't care or recognize what he did bottom line it's all true

[@robertmatteuccijr7280]

This animal can't hold a candle to Google Facebook and the developer's trust me on that do you ever think we will get to see any one of them scumbags with there fake privacy policy in a dungeon like the mohawk at camphill

[@rhodabrands3469]

Oh my girl right ! I love it

[@robertmatteuccijr7280]

It's a long story what's haunting about this song but yeah your right about that someday I will tell you what it is that is so haunting about it but you will just have to trust me I know what is haunting about it so you got good instincts

[@kevinharrison2169]

I have to agree, this is Madonna's best song ever. The percussion beat emphasises the the power of the lyrics. And as a few have mentioned, her lower register is just so stunningly beautiful. An exceptionally talented lady, if somewhat controversial. But hey, don't be scared to challenge the establishment.

[@snowflake8629]

Ooh how was she controversial?

[@kevinharrison2169]

@@snowflake8629 Some of her very suggestive performances and dress styles that she used. And I'm not criticising, purely commenting on the way it was reported by some of the media.

[@nathanieldotter3717]

@@snowflake8629 watch Madonna truth or dare and you will see, she refused to change her art style and performance in Canada, and almost got arrested, from her like a virgin performance, all the croach thrust and stuff, was very sexual, but that was her style, mad respect to Madonna for not compromising.

[@trentpettit6336]

SHELL

[@vertbeke7977]

One of Madonna's best songs

[@davebastendrums4131]

I enjoyed reading these comments people giving this song the credit it deserves , every time I hear it on the radio it’s so haunting , the arrangement of the music and her voice is just incredible,

[@theomen1513]

Absolutely Brother👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾

[@metsot]

Nicely put.

[@davidkeith9015]

Its haunting Dave,because we lived in an era where music was like a movie,brilliant

[@pegaso3terminator75]

You're right and the drums are incredible! Never forget

[@Ckeppert]

La mejor balada de Madonna, brillante, única ❤️🇦🇷❤️👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@lizziestokes785]

I can’t even explain it, but this song has such a powerful gut-wrenching feeling that makes my eyes well up with tears. I probably heard it through my parents as a child because they were both madonna fans- but it has a strong overwhelming nostalgic feeling to it.

[@mariamalhotra8228]

Fast Car has a similar effect on me

[@DamienFFFF]

Sa me things

[@hildawanjiru6791]

Same here ...I wish to go back in time...be with both my parents

[@ericjones1796]

I know how you feel it just life your sprit.

[@vallivullu]

I listened to this song so much on 2015.

[@waltercraig321]

This song was inspirational to me in Jul 86 when I suffered severe injuries from high speed motorcycle crash. I was 17 facing a severed arm, multiple compound fractures and the ridicule from family/friends that I had f'd my life up. 35 years later , I'm at the top of my game, still getting stronger/smarter everyday and finishing 20 years or service in 2023. God Bless Our Country and the human will to survive and win! I will live to tell. I proved them all wrong. Personal Thank you to Madonna for this song and the True Blue Album from 1986, for me...........it gave me the grit to push thru pain barriers most can't understand unless they've suffered life threating injuries.

[@alexandroslysais1798]

❤❤❤❤🦅

[@Serafina7]

You Rock! 💖

[@waltercraig321]

@@Serafina7 thank you

[@rsahadi1975]

Thank you!

[@waltercraig321]

@@Serafina7 crazy,.on my bucket list is to meet Madonna, tell her how she shaped my life , and give her a sincere hug as a thanks for pushing me thru limits of physical/emotional pain and the strength to rule the world of my chosen profession. She did same , I watched her live on American Bandstand way back when , she said she wanted to rule the Rock and Roll world,.they laughed at her , she proved everyone wrong 10 fold, she's the standard all else are judged by

[@zt3811]

Proud to have grown up in an era when this beautiful song was made by an artist who will live in history.

[@charleswest6372]

Amen that.

[@sherylmac40]

It hits my heart in a more understanding way than when I played this as a child ' I knew then it was deep , now it goes deeper.

[@vertbeke7977]

Best ballad ever

[@karineaudet6270]

Amen live to tell

[@vertbeke7977]

@@karineaudet6270 Marine Audet > beautiful name ;)

[@beanhat319]

Stunning

[@luanparo]

In my opinion, this is her best song ❤️

[@RandR68]

I agree wholeheartedly. She's done some AMAZING records but this one seperates itself across the board

[@greensombrero3641]

so beautiful

[@eypcervantez5450]

Im an 80's Kid. Love all her slow songs the best. 80's ROCK.....

[@connieandreadacles7325]

I couldn't agree with you more. This is the best song for me. Better than her Crazy For You.

[@dalehrncirik976]

I agree!

[@theunknown4570]

This is the Madonna i remember. From 85-89 One of the if not the biggest stars in the world. A great time to be a teen.

[@desertrose1226]

I wasn't a teen then I was little, but I do remember how good it all was then people seemed much more 'human'.Society today seems so robotic and contrived.

[@AnthonySforza]

+StarlightShadowDancer Seconded.

[@desertrose1226]

@Anthony Sforza..cheers, I'm glad someone ''gets''what i mean.

[@AnthonySforza]

StarlightShadowDancer Oh no, of course. That's one of the things I hated about watching Stranger Things. Despite being a great show (As well as taking place the year I was born) it just reminded me of something we'll never have again. There were no smart phones, or internet, family shows had some kind of lesson and not an agenda, being American was a point of pride. Anyhow... I imagine watching that show is like being with the prom queen back in high school and remembering how great she was, then showing up to the ten year reunion where she has three kids with three fathers, on her third shitty marriage and is seven months sober and clean from a heroin addiction. Yet you see her yearbook photo and walk down memory lane with her... then see her as she is now. Or for a woman to do the same with the Quarterback. The contrast is just... too much.

[@JoeKaye-hn5dt]

Good time to be 35-ish too.

[@nadominhoca]

I might be critized by some hardcore Madonna fans… but in my humble opinion.. this was the top of her game. Musically and in terms of her beauty… was a beast! What a stunning woman!

[@erikadanielaartigasiguenza6576]

I dont know if would apear another madonna now aday,man she was themost spectacular singer I can remember. Still she is able to comp..music yeah real music not trash like now aday we hear. I just lisent her musical poem and go back in times just to remember such nostalgia,,it was fantastic or it is fabuluos to remember

[@jacoballen631]

You are not the only one to think this.

[@yute-hube779]

This is one of the amazing ones.

[@Howlingburd19]

Live to Tell is part of her “True Blue” album, which was, when it came out, her best-selling album (her best-selling album is 1990’s “The Immaculate Collection”, which is basically a greatest hits album). In general, her True Blue album got big praise, one of reasons being Madonna’s voice and how it was stronger and less bubbly than it was before. In this era, Madonna showcases her versatility so well, and that’s one of the reasons why I personally think this was Madonna’s “height” if you will :D

[@johnclark7049]

Agree with you totally this is her coming to the fore of her talent.

[@MadoCar-n4s]

Madonna the icon!!!❤

[@SupaStar100]

Madonna is an amazing singer. When I was a small child I was a fan. I was fascinated with her carefree energy.

[@ronrodriguez9741]

Have you seen the HD version of RAIN and BAD GIRL from her Erotica album?

[@SupaStar100]

@@ronrodriguez9741 Yes what I love most at Madonna's captivating eyes. They are hauntingly beautiful in Rain.

[@Camille_Anderson]

@@ronrodriguez9741 Bad Girl is a masterpiece!! not only was she most beautiful, but the lyrics & storytelling was epic!! The part played by Christopher Walken was a stroke of genius. i was in tears the first tome i saw it. .What a star!! magnificent woman!! 💯🌟🌟🌟👑👑👑

[@AIRPORT-mc2ys]

try to see the DOCUMENTARY near the start of her hits. she had the DRIVE of prince.

[@hernandoling5661]

Great songs

[@natalietoal2621]

This song brings back memories. I was 8 years old in hospital after having open heart surgery and i would play this song over and over. The true blue album is a very special album to me and live to tell is a special song. Madonna is just the best ❤

[@stevewaldman371]

yes madonna has great songs but she is not a good woman

[@yat3700]

Great that u're ok now to tell ❤️

[@natalietoal2621]

Thank you 😊 ​@@yat3700

[@degodeegs449]

This song is one of the greatest from Madonna..hands down..so many emotions ......only if you grew up in the 80s ..

[@JoannaCubana]

Yes❤

[@vertbeke7977]

Yepp

[@vertbeke7977]

:)

[@progressive59]

I did and there’s nothing better ❤️

[@vertbeke7977]

Goodd

[@simplemanplan409]

This is a great song by Madonna it stands the test the time her other one that’s really good this used to be my playground another great ballad and that song is from a league of their own Happy New Year Wednesday January 1st 2025

[@1304Viper]

Powerfull, One of those to listen over and over and over again....lots of times....

[@thugundeschain383]

Simply the BEST song she ever recorded. This comes from a hardcore Madonna fan.

[@mustangblazer76]

Can't agree more.. I think her no 1 song and no 1 album

[@teresavalenzuela5788]

Oh Father.

[@teresavalenzuela5788]

Burning up.

[@Cutay7BOOTAY]

It is one of her best. I always go back to Take a Bow as her best but it’s all good music.

[@80sfreak14]

This Hung Up and Spotlight are my favourite songs from her

[@gmanchurch]

My all time favorite Madonna song. She sings this song with so much feeling and I really enjoy hearing her voice in the lower vocal range.

[@ginasousabranco5637]

"It was kind of inspired by the movie and family secrets (At Close Range) and the things that make you who you are, but you don't necessarily want to share” - Madonna

[@bleep77]

There are certain 80’s songs that give me an overwhelmingly painful and bittersweet sense of nostalgia. This is definitely one of them.

[@blaze-uz6or]

When life was more simple more pure less media i agree

[@progressive59]

Yep. Best time ever.

[@1olddirtroad]

Extra bittersweet for me...I grew up in the area where this movie was filmed.The opening scene is the way the "old" Franklin Tennessee and surrounding area looked. My Grandmother lived just a few blocks from the square.As a child we would walk uptown to shop. I grew up swimming in the rock quarry that the swimming scenes were filmed in and was on medical standby the days they filmed. The 80's and the music were special. This song takes me back....

[@bleep77]

@@1olddirtroad that’s so awesome! I love At Close Range. Underrated film with great performances by Sean Penn and Christopher Walken. The music and this song is the best thing about it. Is that square still there today?

[@1olddirtroad]

@@bleep77 It is but is slightly different...the area has grown so much. The tractor sales company seen in the movie is gone. Lots of new upscale businesses and restaurants downtown now.The Williamson County Courthouse is still there."Chip" the monument in the square is under ''Cancel Culture" attack. Its still a nice place but very expensive to buy houses and land. Thanks for posting this song!

[@kirsteenmcg390]

"A man can tell a thousand lies, I've learned my lesson well" hits as an adult 🥺. Still love this song ❤️

[@HeartFeltGesture]

So can a woman, Ive learned my lesson well too.

[@gottawonder9091]

​@@HeartFeltGesture100%

[@rachelann724]

I think every woman in the world can relate to that lol 😢

[@HeartFeltGesture]

@@rachelann724 Every man can relate to the opposite 😢

[@basik3188]

❤

[@AeroGem]

After decades of loving this song and the look of the video, I finally got around to watching ‘At Close Range’. Wow… I can’t believe it wasn’t a hit at the box office. Incredible performances. Sean Penn had such amazing acting abilities from the get go. No one else could have done justice to this song like Madonna. Perfection.

[@cm8836]

Yeah, a good movie based on a true story!!!

[@yesimerin]

A classic and favorite of mine since it came out, crazy it isn't better known!

[@ppiorkowski1502]

​@@cm8836based on The Johnston Brothers. Unfortunately the true story was a lot darker than the movie. I actually became friends with Bruce Johnston Jr (Sean Penn's character). He doesn't like to really talk about any of this (can't blame him). He was shot 8 or 9 times and lived which is a miracle. Unfortunately his girlfriend Robin was hit only once by a stray bullet and died.

[@aktchungrabanio6467]

Did he hit her? Did he?

[@KayleeCee]

This song came up in conversation with my mom a while back and she mentioned the movie. I never saw it, I think I was just a baby when it came out. But she said "oh, you've got to watch it. It's so good!" So I did, and it just reinforced that my momma is never wrong 😂😂😂 Really though, it was a great movie.

[@chengrich9885]

This song is emotional and she's amazing ❤❤

[@NicholasShade-eq1ts]

I listened to this a thousand times this summer, and never left a comment. Now, I'm wishing I would have left one. Snow covers the ground here in Gore, Oklahoma. It's so unbelievable that it was just summer and I was working at Lake Tenkiller. 🤎

[@MikkiMoscaraM]

This song never seizes to give me goosebumps. One of my all time favorite songs since I was kid. Overall great album.

[@bicyclist2]

I have to say, I couldn't agree more!!

[@kidfuryca]

when this first came out, i thought it was ok but now as i get older... i feel i appreciate it more and more. The opening instrumental part imo, just melts me inside. The vocals are not any less but are just as memorable.

[@dw070]

*ceases

[@gmanchurch]

never ceases