What Ya Gonna Do

Album: All American Nightmare (2011)
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Songfacts®:

  • This countrified ballad is the second single from Oklahoma rock band Hinder's third studio album, All American Nightmare. Singer Austin Winkler explained the song's meaning to Hardrock Haven: "It's kind of a struggle instead of facing my problems sometimes I will drown them in a bottle of wine or whiskey. One of these days it is not going to work and I will just have to face them. I think a lot of people can kind of relate."

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