The time I've wasted

Lori McKenna is a recognizable and respected name in the realm of country music. She is a Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter, known for writing and co-writing songs like "Humble & Kind," cut by Tim McGraw, which won her the Best Country Song award, and "Girl Crush" by Little Big Town, for which she also won Best Country Song. In addition to writing and co-writing hit songs for well-known artists to cut, she sings and records her own music. McKenna has released nine full-length albums and continues to write new music.

My personal favorite song written and performed by McKenna is called “The Time I’ve Wasted.” The song appears on her Numbered Doors album. It is a slow, melodic plea of recounting, metaphorically, all of the things a woman could have done, or seen in her wasted pursuit of a man, after years and years. She sings heartbreakingly, “I could have dug out the Grand Canyon with a spoon, for all the time I’ve wasted on you.” The song is delicate and melodious, a sorrowful song of wasted years.

Kree Harrison, the runner-up on season twelve of American Idol, cut a version of McKenna’s ballad in 2016. Her version is just as breathtaking and beautiful and appears on her latest album This Old Thing.

Which version of “The Time I’ve Wasted” do you like best? Let me know in the comments.

Kree Harrison's version can be found below, and Lori McKenna's original can be listened to by clicking here.