The title number for Shania Twain’s new album is here and it has a very special guest – Tanya Tucker! She even mentions her by name in the chorus.
What is Shania Twain’s song “Little Miss Twain” about?
Title tracks are something special on any collection of songs, and this one is no different. If the album’s title is the outline of Twain’s life, then “Little Miss Twain,” the song, provides the color, shade, and texture that bring the image to life.
Twain sings about growing up and eventually becoming one of the biggest names in country music. As a child her dream was to ride horses, but with little money that dream had to take a back seat. In high school, she just wanted to stop feeling invisible.
The chorus tells the story of her mother Sharon’s unwavering faith in her daughter. While young Shania was still finding her way, it was Sharon who dreamed big, calling her “the next Tanya Tucker.”
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It’s poetic that Tucker is the one to join Twain on the song. If only Twain’s mother had lived to see the moment. Unfortunately, she died in 1987, years before she experienced any of her daughter’s success.
Here are the lyrics to Shania Twain’s “Little Miss Twain”
Verse
I dreamed of riding horses / It would have been my choice if I could have afforded them then / Black, shiny as glass / With thick, long manes flowing in slow motion, racing in the sand
Pre-chorus
10 o’clock / It was just my wild imagination running away with me
Choir
According to my mother, I’m the next Tanya Tucker / She drives me to sing at the bar / Start the Chevy, it’s old and it’s heavy / And I’m still smaller than my guitar / Smoking like a chimney, training it in me / “Honey, you’re going far” / According to my mother, I’m the next star Tanya Tucker / I’m the next star Tanya Tucker / a star
Verse 2
I heard a song called “At Seventeen” about the ugly truth of youth and vanity / I wondered if I’d be invisible for life / Under the snow in my little town / Where cold winds blow and every year someone disappears
Pre-chorus
A place frozen in time / But five days’ drive south was Nashville, Tennessee / Waiting for me
Repeat chorus
Bridge
Willing to reach the big, round conference table / At a major record company / Little Miss Twain / Please write your name
Repeat chorus
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The 5 bedroom, 6 bathroom, 7,000 square foot Bahamas mansion is situated on a 1 acre lot offering 150 feet of beachfront in the exclusive Old Fort Bay gated community in West Nassau. Its amenities include mahogany-lined walls and bookshelves in the second-floor master suite, as well as spectacular ocean views. The property was last listed for $12.9 million.
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