🎵 Tim McGraw - Don't Take the Girl REACTION

[@Appreciation-Community]

The way I interpreted the first verse is a little girl probably that lives in the neighborhood saw a boy she knew and his dad packing fishing gear into the truck getting ready to go and she went and grabbed her pole and wanted to join, but the boy who is obviously still in that stage of being a kid didn't want to bring a girl to his father son fishing trip. But the father being a good dude and wanting to teach his boy a good life lesson brought her along.

[@AugieDoggyDoo]

Perfect!😀

[@kimberlinibambini1988]

Exactly

[@davey3884]

How many other ways are there to interpret it? Lol

[@philburke1902]

Exactly.

[@jackgilchrist]

I can't relate to that part. I never went through any "I hate girls" phase. I always liked girls and would have been begging my Dad to *just* take the girl. No boys, don't want her eyes fixed on anyone but me. 🙂

[@jeremymiller7932]

Ten years ago almost lost my wife while she was in labor with our son and to this day cannot hear this song without tears.

[@HateTheGameTX]

Never been in that kind of situation but it’s still a tear jerker to me

[@kerrylewis2581]

The reaction will still be the same twenty years from now.

[@TheRevHouse]

same. 2010 for me

[@alibobobaba1337]

Man I’m so sorry. My wife was very close to dying during labor from a placental abruption and I was so lost. I am so sorry you have to endure that sir. I pray you have peace

[@robertbannan6437]

Lex's smile slowly fades away as she listens to the last verse says it all.

[@bryanknutson1666]

I caught that to. That smile turned cringy trying not to tear up.

[@Sportsref13]

most folks don't realize, God answered his request at the end, she was still alive and had a 2nd child ... the video shows this, but you don't see it from the live performance

[@micahl8857]

@@Sportsref13 But if God granted his “last request” wouldn’t he be dead, since his wish was to take her place? I thought I saw him at the end too, am I missing something here?

[@butifulyamazed1]

@@Sportsref13 yes it show him at the end fishing with his son and her running towards them with a picnic basket.

[@bonecold4387]

And she predicted it

[@kellymckinney9050]

This song always has me in tears at the beginning of the first verse because I know where it's going. It was beautifully written.

[@johnl610]

Same. Every time I hear it I’m a mess, but I still listen. I’m a glutton.

[@kellymckinney9050]

Me too! I have several cryfest songs of different genres!

[@davidnorris5675]

I always assumed the little girl was the next door neighbor. Families grew up together….. still do in small towns

[@crystalsmith4919]

In small towns this kind of love story is very common! The tiny town I grew up in all the school kids now are literally the kids of all my classmates and other former students! We all met in kindergarten and grew up together!!

[@dalemcdonald-ic5ow]

My wife and I have been married for 31 years, we are high school sweethearts and I would always do anything for her! 20 years ago I almost lost her and our youngest during childbirth and all I could do was pray to God to let her and our son live, they both survived and I can’t listen to this song without thinking about that day! Tears me up!!!

[@Layjus123]

" A feral girl pops out of the woods" haha too funny.

[@jennyhagemann5159]

She lived, she's at the end!!

[@marcj9116]

Everyone misses that part.

[@danielslover8669]

I took it that the first verse was that it was a neighbor girl that wanted to go fishing and he was a boy that thought girls were icky at that time in his life. His dad even said “ someday you’ll change your mind “.

[@Doug_M]

Almost wish I could go back to the early 90's when country music was at its peak and our country was in a much better place.

[@sarahdixon1943]

I don't almost wish .. I do wish 😉 1980s or 90s is perfectly fine with me. I used to think people were a little uptight back then, but seeing how far we have fallen as a society... I prefer being a little uptight to this straight up bat$hit crazy were living in.

[@jordanledoux197]

Well, it wasn't a better place for everyone. Early 90s was also Rodney King, LA riots, AIDs devastating the gay community, not to mention the horrific treatment gay people endured in general in the early 90s. In general, I think the world and the US has continued to get better as time has gone on. It's not always smooth, things go wrong, but overall, things get better. We just think about the things in the present that we want to change and fix. China's human rights abuses now are appalling for instance, and there's a lot of reasons to say it's not a great place. But at the same time, the early 90s in China had many of the same problems along with absolutely devastating poverty and Tiananmen square had only been a few years prior. Things get better, even if they aren't perfect/great right now.

[@Trev__rich]

one of the few songs that can make me cry

[@screwylooygaming]

A song I can't help but get teary eyed while listening to.

[@creinicke1000]

Last scene of clip shows she is Alive and going fishing with family, she didnt die. Since verses also have them moving forward and she's there.. so it's not sad.. it's showing how much he loves her.

[@centuryrox]

No Brad, the girl at the beginning wasn't some random girl, it was a neighborhood girl that everyone knew. Johnny didn't want her to go with them fishing because, it's a guy thing, and boys and girls are natural enemies at that age.

[@anderslekander5508]

I have heard this song many times, i crying every time, if you don't cry you don't have a heart ♥

[@TheNewRevolution]

In rural America this story is not so unbelievable. I have a couple friends that married girls they little have known their entire life and I remember as kid doing stuff with neighbors all the time. And their kids went to do stuff with us all the time. Especially the drive-in(a huge outdoor theater), swimming, fishing, boating, etc. Since growing up and moving to the city I've noticed this is not a common practice in cities. In rural America it's very common. I literally knew every person living around me as a kid. Now that I live in the city. I know the old lady living in the house next to us(her husband died and I feel a certain obligation to look out for her), but I don't know any of our other neighbors.....and I don't want to. I like to mind my own business and hope they mind theirs. There's some strange people living in the city. The contrast between rural living and city living is night and day.

[@rozequinn1519]

She didn't die in childbirth. If you didn't notice at the end of the video it was Johnny Taking his son, Little Johnny, fishing & the mom was running to them.

[@clintjunior1673]

I'm sorry to say, she passed giving birth. The end was the little girl tagging along

[@rozequinn1519]

@clintjunior1673 Was not. At begining Johnny had brown hair. At end of song the little Johnny was blonde & that WAS NOT a little girl, let alone a little blonde girl, running towards them. **Does the mom die in the song "Don't Take the Girl"? Though the song leaves the wife's fate ambiguous, the music video reveals she survived her medical crisis and is seen in the end going fishing with her husband and their son, Johnny Jr.**

[@clintjunior1673]

@rozequinn1519 okay... I'll take both of us being right lol... I'm crying at the end so I see it ending badly

[@badkitty4922]

You're gonna LOVE this song! It really early Tim McGraw. You might cry a little, too. Tim's a great storyteller.

[@keithdittmar1701]

Tim McGraw does another thought provoking song titled "Live Like You are Dying". I think that you'll both like it.

[@danleeselman4827]

This song tears me up every time I listen to it as a parent that has had a still born child.

[@primitivochapa5877]

Love the song. Love Tim......cry every time

[@DamnedEyez]

One of two songs that have always made my eyes water.

[@ScaryPoppins]

I haven't heard this song in years. I teared up, I always do.

[@gil7331]

Lex is doing the rapid eye blink at the end. Starting to tear up a little. It gets me everytime too.

[@auralfixxation6702]

I know I've suggested this song before. Thanks for giving it a chance. Oh, and I'm not a country fan but, I love the story of this song.

[@josephmichaeldark]

The line “here’s the watch that my grandpa gave me” hits me so hard for some reason. Her life is worth more (obviously) than a precious heirloom that can’t be replaced if stolen. Just goes to show how strong a man’s love for a woman is ❤

[@badgrandma6973]

I highly suggest "Humble and Kind" by Tim McGraw. Beautiful song!

[@lisainthecold4287]

I cry every time I hear this song and this time was no different. Lol, I bawling like a damn baby here!!

[@harlanmonk569]

Brilliant story telling! Great lyrics. A fantastic moral story about selflessness.

[@vannajay8267]

This is such a beautiful song, but I have never been able to listen to it without crying. It just hits me all up in my feels everytime I hear it! Same way with Whiskey Lullaby. Love that song, can't listen to it without crying.

[@TheArcticTravels]

First time watcher. Wow Lex is sharp, puts it together before the second verse ends. Awesome reaction.

[@donalddixon6541]

This is a great song, i tear up every time I hear it! Another tear jerker is Mac Davis's song - "Whoever Finds This"

[@christianleatherman7532]

I was seriously sitting here thinking how the heck did Lex know the last verse almost word for word 😂😂 Lex I want you to know that your smile is so Infectious and I love how you always smile in all your videos!

[@cheeky7036]

It's two people growing up in a small town and always soul mates and how they mature she means more and more to him as time goes on and the heartache life can throw our way with ALL that love. Great review as always!

[@EgonEhomLundberg]

Thank you Brad & Lex for your reaction videos 🎶❤️

[@jamesl715]

This man is a living legend, been making hits for like 25 years. I love this song and can never listen to it without getting emotional 🥹

[@harrisonbuck2749]

lexs look here is perfect for going out dancing to country music

[@silverdoeGirl]

Tim, Taylor Swift and Keith Urban - The highway don't care. Its a brilliant song. Tim and Nelly - Over and over as well. Tim's done so many great songs but great duets too!

[@badkitty4922]

I LOVE both songs!👏👏👏👏😘👍

[@Sharbeart24]

Awesome song and awesome reaction, country is the way to go IMO

[@titusbc]

Ahh Tim. One of my gateway country artists back in the day.

[@sarahdixon1943]

I still cry @ this song. Every single time ....

[@martyscott3236]

I knew I shouldn't have watched this one. This song makes me cry every single time I hear it.

[@mengiaboy]

Dang Lex you nailed the 3rd verse right away. One thing you should notice at the end of the video the mom lived.

[@timbungarner3842]

Beautiful song, dad said he will feel different, when he gets older

[@styleyriley]

One of the most tear jerking songs I have ever heard.

[@Mr_Top_Hat_Jones]

3:15 Holy crap, she called it again… Your intuitiveness is off the charts, ma’am.

[@rynothealbinoryno]

Feral girl popped out of the woods… lol. they probably knew the girl. 8 year old Johnny is like eww girls are gross. Don’t take her. But they of course grew up together and fell in love and all that. I’m not a huge country fan but this song still hits me in the feels every time, since Jr. high when it first came out. You ought to check out Last Kiss the Pearl jam version. Another sad one.

[@LeviF477]

Yeah I've always assumed the Dad knew she was coming but hadn't broke the news to the boy yet because he knew he was going to throw a fit about it.

[@rynothealbinoryno]

@@LeviF477 yep exactly

[@jennyhagemann5159]

It is the story of them as little children and they stayed together.

[@cindyjensen2185]

It's all one story, from childhood friends to a married couple, if you listen before each verse, he repeats, same old boy, same sweet girl 5 years down the road.

[@iammeasurme]

This song came out wen my daughter was havin problems just after she was born. An it always reminds me of that time. An she has ben very healthy since. Thank god. An at least the song has a happy ending. The GIRL lived.

[@D22BH]

my 7 yo decided she wanted to start listening to country.... we break all the songs down. this is definitely her #1.

[@SIXX2772]

Oh man....Lex gonna get watery eyed over this one

[@bronwyndeegan1022]

I always liked his songs until I saw him live in Melbourne he was amazing. Loved his music every since.

[@planojag595]

This song has such a powerful message. Thanks for doing this one. My other favorite songs from the great Tim McGraw are When She Wakes Up, One of These Days, Just To See You Smile, Can’t Be Really Gone, I Do But I Don’t, Angry All the Time, Grown Men Don’t Cry, Back When, My Little Girl, Everywhere, You Had To Be There, and If You’re Reading This.

[@DWtechfan]

Tim McGraw is one of the very best storytellers in country music. This song and literally dozens of others are just great. Both of your reactions here are just excellent!

[@hoyt_arms]

Craig Martin was the real storyteller . He's the one that wrote the song for Tim

[@Druid329]

Apparently, my aunt use to babysit both myself and my current wife. when we were really young. Neither of us remember it, but my aunt says I use to chase her around the house and pull on her pigtails. After going to two different elementary schools, we met years later in high school. Fast forward to the present and we have been married 35 years.

[@philliesphan9364]

This was one of my favorite songs when I was little!

[@larryg7126]

She lived though and is in the last scene but I didn't realize till I saw it 5 times. The song doesn't make it clear but the video shows a woman running along the pond/lake/stream with a fishing pole.

[@JoseMorales-nb6nn]

You guys got to listen to the song called The Little Girl sang by John Michael Montgomery... Listen to it very clearly it will put years in your eyes, I know Lex will and who knows Brad too

[@bella-xp7qd]

Boy this is an old one, back when he first started. Still love it. Tim's father was the famous baseball player Tug McGraw. He didn't know that until he was a teenager. Tug McGraw denied the parentage for seven years until Tim was 18 years old. After that time, the two formed a relationship and remained close until the former baseball star died in 2004.

[@RandomFandomDragon]

roflmao, I love how you interpret the first verse as a feral little girl jumping the fence to go fishing. That's fantastic. 😂😂 Tim McGraw has some great songs in his catalog, so I hope you liked this enough to listen to more 💜💜

[@MansterBear]

Man this song always gets me teared up. My dad used to always listen to country and I remember hearing it the very first time in his car and was just so drawn in by the story, being closer to the age of the boy in the first verse and then seeing where it ended up by the last verse I was just amazed. Had kind of forgot about this song and now I'm sitting at work and trying not to tear up a little. The song itself, the memories I have of it, thinking of it now that I'm the man in the third verse instead of the boy in the first verse. Crazy to think about. My wife and I didn't meet like that, but we dated the first time in 7th grade, then got back together in 10th grade and have basically been together since then. And I'm in the midwest, with alot of family from Tennessee, so I definitely relate to alot of this, the fishing, etc.

[@truecrimelover2022]

i don't cry to most songs but all 1000+ times I've heard it water works

[@Roh_Echt]

The first verse has likely been explained well enough, but yes, there is a little girl who saw Johnny and his dad getting ready to go fishing. She probably hoped by grabbing her pole and heading over, that she would be allowed to go with. Dad says we gotta take her, but Johnny...being a little boy...doesn't want the girl to go. That all changed later, obviously, when Johnny fell in love with the same little girl...who likes going fishing. ♥

[@kidyubyub]

I honestly think that sometimes Brad is thinking about anything other than the song. LOL These lyrics are about as plain and simple as you can get.

[@Jrs21967]

This song always makes me cry. I could not keep the love of my life and it just kills me even today at 55 years old.

[@maryblum8365]

The girl did live. She was running at the end

[@Paul_Waller]

A lot of people don't see that for some reason. SHE LIVED!!!

[@jamesmorrison959]

I wouldn’t consider myself a “ softie “ but this song gets to me

[@carson9359]

I wish someone would do Tim McGraws more lively songs. I remember when this came out it was everywhere, at least here in oklahoma. I didn't like it but I love Tim's voice. Oh well something out there for everyone I suppose. Please do more Tim McGraw though. Great reaction as always you guys!! ✌

[@LinkinPhil-cw7ez]

Great prediction, Lex. On point!

[@mrchainsaw4139]

I can’t help but cry, every single time…

[@seattlevixen]

I never not cry at this song and seeing people's first reaction to it just kills me! I KNOW WHATS COMING!!

[@soniadeleon552]

I feel like she was in heaven gate, the ask his father not to take her to heaven; he wanted her to live a lil longer on earth

[@nethrelm]

I've never made it through this song without tearing up, not when i heard it in the 90s, and not today or any time in between. 💔

[@Tkidddd]

He said Don't take the girl, until 10 years later then he wanted her.

[@Tkidddd]

15 years later she was pregnant and maybe dying giving birth.

[@brabbit7703]

It went over brads head he acts like a robot fr like he needed to process feelings 😂

[@HollerMa71]

Oh!! I just thought of something that y'all HAVE TO watch!!...Travis Tritt did a trilogy of videos that tell a story, all together they make like a mini movie. They are (in order) 1: "Anymore" 2:"Tell Me I Was Dreaming" 3: "If I Lost You" You want to talk about a STORY in musical form...💛💛

[@markbaker3013]

Thank you for sharing this with me

[@DevScents]

I love seeing you guys react to country!!

[@darlaharrelson6487]

One of Tim’s best songs ever. ❤️

[@silversagerae6353]

Love you guys but you completely missed the point. It shows the evolvement of the little boy thinking the girl is yucky. To him willing to trade his possessions to protect her to him actually willing to trade his life to save hers. It's the ultimate story of evolving love

[@tylerjerabek5204]

I interpret the first verse as the Dad babysitting for a neighbor or friend and it’s a planned fishing trip

[@mckrackin5324]

I have a feeling that Johnny's Daddy invited the girl to go fishing with them. Dad's are clever.

[@bigtaliberto3092]

As a grown 38 year old man. This song brings tears to my eyes in the final verse. If you feel nothing, listening to this. I dont know what to tell you. I really feel bad for you.

[@hoyt_arms]

My buddys dad Craig Martin wrote this song! He passed away in 2020! RIP Craig! Legend

[@fabian4ever69]

This is from the 90s but it's already a country classic. 👍👍👍

[@TheChuckd22]

I laughed when Lexi says I wonder if she's gonna die and he's gonna pray ...that is exactly what happens😂

[@stephaniewashburn7700]

This song gets me every single time 🥺🖤

[@jeremybilbrey1133]

this song is one of the best written songs ever written

[@juliastraus4273]

I never fail to just sob every time I hear this song-- no matter how many times I hear it. Love all the stages-- boys don't like girls when they're 8, but give a few years and you've got a complete 180°! I figured the little girl was a neighbor they knew already...I'd probably never would've listened again, if mama hadn't come running up from behind at the end! Now I need to go get some more kleenex!😭 Stay happy, healthy and safe, all!

[@jennaowens6008]

Whiskey lullaby would be a good heart felt listen

[@michaelscott9974]

If this song doesn't touch ur heart Then ur not human Love this song it makes me cry everytime

[@robertcole9199]

She lived!!

[@stevejriggs]

Such a Great song

[@LuxeFilmography]

Wow, y’all predicted the last verse completely!

[@rydout]

I can't watch this without crying...

[@normbittner3762]

Such a tearjerker 😭😭

[@d_Howard]

HA! Lex!! Nailed that one, didn't you!? Very perceptive... And no, Brad, she wasn't some random feral girl who just showed up. She was a neighbor girl who overheard Tommy telling his friends that his dad was taking him fishing, and if any of them wanted to go along, meet up at his house...etc. That's how my version of the movie would play out, anyway... 😁

[@teresabunting6364]

Crying Love this song