Sugarland - Already Gone

CDX-455-1

Sugarland, riding the wave of their #1 album Love on the Inside, jumps right back on country radio’s wagon—with a waltz, no less. “Already Gone” seems to be an attempt to cleanse our palates from the sweeter-than-sugar ditty “All I Want to Do“, their chart-topping bubblegum pop smash.


It’s easily much more distinctive, in terms both musically and conceptually. Nettles takes on the identity of a young woman learning life’s lessons through her own personal experience. Her refusal to heed her mother’s guidance, the subsequent advice of her friends and the painful breakup of her relationship are all objects in her rear view mirror because, as Nettles says, she’s “already gone”. By the end, she understands that listening to good judgment would have made her half as wise as taking the chance on that “runaway train you can’t wait to jump on”.