It's been three years since the Dixie Chicks' anti-Bush comments got them ostracized, and they're finally back, writing their own songs and sounding better than ever - their current single is called, "Not Ready to Make Nice"! The new album was released today. I've loved the Chicks since "Wide Open Spaces" and was crushed when the Jacksonville stations boycotted them... and now, far from trying to pretend it never happened and sneak back into their old patterns, the group is embracing their new position! The lyrics are below (and after this I promise I'll stop with the political song lyrics - that's two in a single week - but I'm just so happy these girls are back and that three years later they're still standing up for themselves!).

Today I bought the album for $9.98 at Target, and with the special promo code inside I was able to order a ticket for their October concert in Greensboro (an hour from Chapel Hill) ... and I got eighth row center, baby! Woohoo!

Not Ready To Make Nice
Dixie Chicks

Forgive, sounds good
Forget, I'm not sure I could
They say time heals everything
But I'm still waiting

I'm through with doubt
There's nothing left for me to figure out
I've paid a price
And I'll keep paying

Chorus:
I'm not ready to make nice
I'm not ready to back down
I'm still mad as hell and
I don't have time to go round and round and round
It's too late to make it right
I probably wouldn't if I could
'Cause I'm mad as hell
Can't bring myself to do what it is you think I should

I know you said
'Can't you just get over it'
It turned my whole world around
And I kind of like it

I made my bed and I sleep like a baby
With no regrets and I don't mind sayin'
It's a sad sad story when a mother will teach her
Daughter that she ought to hate a perfect stranger
And how in the world can the words that I said
Send somebody so over the edge
That they'd write me a letter
Sayin' that I better shut up and sing
Or my life will be over

(chorus 2x)

Forgive, sounds good
Forget, I'm not sure I could
They say time heals everything
But I'm still waiting