Half Broke Horses

Album: I Am Jaida Dreyer (2013)
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  • Jaida told The Boot that this is one of the most personal songs she has ever penned. "I wrote it with the Warren Brothers and my friend, Lance Miller" she explained. "I grew up showing horses professionally. I won my first world championship when I was 5, and I turned pro when I was 13. It was the one part of my life that I hadn't really touched on yet - where I grew up and how I grew up - and the events that happened that made me the person that I am today. The song is very autobiographical, and it was really hard for me to write because it is so close to home. But the Warren Brothers, they've really taken me under their wing. They're the brothers I never had. I was telling them my story, and [writing the song] just happened that day. I can't imagine writing that with anyone else now."

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  • Catherine Todd from NcMoved me to tears; it's my story too.
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