I doubt we’d ever get Alan Jackson and New Radicals together on tour, and they didn’t collaborate on the songs listed below, however the message seems to be same… some points translate across genres very easily : )

Obviously, some would argue that the Alan Jackson song is about heartbreak due to a death... I would counter that, with, when your heart breaks, it can seem like two people have died, no matter whether or not the person is actually still in this world... we can't seem to get past the fact that they are no longer in "our" world... Who inevitibly walks away isn't the same person that walked in...

Physiologically speaking the pain of heartbreak without death, looks just like the grieving process of a sudden death of someone close to you...

Yea, the brain and the heart can agree on something...






You left your Bible on the dresser
So I put it in the drawer
'Cause I can't seem to talk to God without yelling anymore
And when I sit at your piano
I can almost hear those hymns
The keys are just collecting dust
But I can't close the lid
You left my heart as empty as a Monday morning church
It used to be so full of faith and now it only hurts
And I can hear the devil whisper
"Things are only getting worse"
You left my heart as empty
as a Monday morning church
The preacher came by Sunday
said he missed me at the service
He told me Jesus loves me
but I'm not sure I deserve it
'Cause the faithful man that you loved
is nowhere to be found
Since they took all that he believed
and laid it in the ground
You left my heart as empty as a Monday morning church
It used to be so full of faith and now it only hurts
And I can hear the devil whisper
"Things are only getting worse"
You left my heart as empty as a Monday morning church
I still believe in Heaven
and I'm sure you've made it there
But as for me without your love,
girl I don't have a prayer
You left my heart as empty as a Monday morning church
It used to be so full of faith and now it only hurts
And I can hear the devil whisper
"Things are only getting worse"
You left my heart as empty as a Monday morning church
You left your Bible on the dresser so I put it in the drawer

Monday Morning Church
Alan Jackson





I was dancing
With your shadow
Slow down memories hall
I said 'wait have I been seduced and forgotten'
You said 'Baby haven't we all'
Now I don't like crying
Because it only gets me wet
But I can't help failing
To remember to forget you
And I know it's going to be a long time
And I'm crying like a church on Monday
Praying for these feelings to go away
So do me a favor baby

Put down your new god
And love me like Sunday again
I was hiding in your bedroom
When I saw him come inside
I can't live in his shadow
Is that where I'm dancing until I die

No I don't light candles
Because they make me see the light

That I can't help failing
To remember to forget you
And I know it's gonna be a long time
And I'm crying like a church on Monday
Praying for these feelings to go away
So do me a favor baby
Put down your new god
And love me like Sunday again
There ain't no use trying to stop me

Crying Like a Church on Monday
New Radicals