With a voice that recalls Natalie Maines of the Dixie Chicks, Sunny Sweeney takes a melodically tasty and moody ballad in “Staying’s Worse Than Leaving” and spins a yarn of a story about a couple that tried as hard as possible to stick together and as the narrator, Sunny realizes that staying together is doing nothing but hurting both her and the man she’s trying to let go of, saying:
“It’s gotta get better, it can’t get worse.
Hope it’s a blessing, not a curse.
I don’t care who passes judgement on my reasons
Staying’s worse than leaving”
With to the point lyrics about a topic that that is well-worn, Sunny Sweeney makes it work with an able and rustic production from Brett Beavers backing up the talented vocalist who seems well on her way to becoming one of the Top solo female artists in country music. I have little doubt that this tune will do at least as well as “From A Table Away” and that’s a good thing as country could use a few more neo-traditionalist female vocalists like Sunny Sweeney.
Listen: Staying's Worse Than Leaving
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